Harold Haywood Brown Ph.D. (1924 - 2023)

Born 19 Aug 1924 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Died 12 Jan 2023 at age 98 in Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Harold Brown Ph.D. is Notable.

2Lt Harold Brown Ph.D. served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
Service started: 23 Sep 1944
Unit(s): 332nd Fighter Group
Service ended:

Harold Brown Ph.D. was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Harold Brown Ph.D. was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Harold Brown served as a U.S. military pilot during World War II, and was a POW. He was with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group; that group and the 477th Bombardment Group were the mostly-Black units of the United States Army Air Forces that comprised the Tuskegee Airmen, who were well-known for heroic WWII combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater.

Harold Brown was born in 1924. He was the son of John Brown and Alice Mae Heath

Marriage

Harold Haywood Brown was married to Dr. Marsha Bordner .

Residence

• 1930, 714 Upper, Bradford St., Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA ^[1]

Education ^[2]

• Brown graduated from high school In June of 1942, at just seventeen years old, he graduated from North High School (Minneapolis)
• Following his retirement from the military, Brown earned a doctorate degree and became vice-president of academic affairs at Columbus State Community College

Occupations

• Lieutenant Colonel Harold Brown
• Birth name: Harold Brown
• Born: August 19, 1924 (age 97)
• Place Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
• Allegiance: United States of America
• Service/branch: United States Army Air Force
• Years of service: 1944–1965
• Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
• Unit: 332nd Fighter Group ^[3]
• Awards : Congressional Gold Medal
• Alma mater: Ohio State University , Bachelor's, Masters and PhD
• Spouse(s): Marsha S. Bordner
• Other work: College Administrator

• 1942
  • Employer: Roseler Drug

Military Service

The Red Tails

• Harold H. Brown
• Class: 44-E-SE
• Born: August 19, 1924
• Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group

Harold H. Brown

"They started calling us the Red Tailed Angels, because we lost so few bombers." ^[4]

P51 Mustang Red Tail

The 99th began as the Army Air Force's first African-American fighter unit, known as the 99th Pursuit Squadron at the time. Tuskegee Airmen was the term given to the personnel who got their initial flying training in Tuskegee, Alabama. Initially, the squadron was supposed to fly air defense over Liberia, but it was redirected to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

99th Fighter Squadron Patch

Pow "At age 20 he was a prisoner of war and held at a POW camp south of Nuremberg."

• Listen to his story of imprisonment. ^[5]

Brown's P-51C aircraft was shot down in the European Theatre of World War II ^[6]

Awards

• Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2006.
• 2013, Heidelberg University awarded Brown an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
• 2017, the University of Findlay awarded Brown an honorary doctorate.
• 2020, the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inducted Brown into its ranks.
• The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame also awarded Brown and his wife the "Writers of the Year" award for their book, “Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman.

Harold Brown Image 9

Death

He died in 2023.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 2340825, Ancestry.com
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Tuskegee_Airman)
3. ↑ 332d Expeditionary Operations Group
4. ↑ https://cafriseabove.org/dr-harold-h-brown/
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgSVQDwDwek
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Tuskegee_Airman)
7. ↑ https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/harold-brown-port-clinton-tuskegee-airman-dies-at-98/512-25c7dbfd-105a-48a4-8162-1fc8d73ccf7d

• Minnesota. "Minnesota People Records Search," Minnesota Historical Society <http://people.mnhs.org/bci/>; internet database search, "Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015 (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2020); citing certificate #1924-45268.

See also:

• Minneapolis fighter pilot shattered barriers in WWII (https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-fighter-pilot-shattered-barriers-in-wwii/600113658/)
• Harold Brown, Military Officer, and Educator born. (ttps://aaregistry.org/story/harold-brown-military-officer-and-educator-born/)
• Story of Tuskegee airman Harold H. Brown and Marsha S. Bordner. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. (https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_1082973)
• Harold Brown, one of the last Tuskegee Airmen, recalls battling for victory — and equality. (https://www.cleveland.com/news/g66l-2019/07/ccc77618777599/harold-brown-one-of-the-last-tuskegee-airmen-recalls-battling-for-victory-and-equality.html)
• About The Book (http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Keep-Your-Airspeed-Up,6633.aspx)
• Dr. Harold H. Brown (https://cafriseabove.org/dr-harold-h-brown/)
• About Tuskegee Airman Dr. Harold Brown (https://www.airspeedup.com/bio/)
• Harold Brown "Tuskegee Airman" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Brown_(Tuskegee_Airman) : accessed ___)