PLANE MISHAP IS FATAL FOR PAUL BROWN
Body To Be Returned Here For Service
Cpl. Paul Brown, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Brown, Valliant, was killed in an aircraft accident at Hamil field, fresno, Calif., at 1:40 p.m. Friday, his parents have been notified.
No details of the accident were available.
A graduate of Valliant high school, he attended Wilburton State college, and Fresno, Calif., State college before enlisting in the air corps in 1941. He was an instructor-mechanic.
His body will arrive in Idabel Friday afternoon, and funeral services will be held at the Wright City Baptist church Saturday afternoon with Rev. D. A. McReynolds, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Wright City cemetery under direction of Coffey funeral home.
He is survived by his parents; three brothers, Frank L. Brown, a prisoner of the Japs; john Brown, a veteran of this war who was discharged after being wounded on Midway in 1942, and who is now attending college at Stillwater, Sam Brown, Jr., home address; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lee Smith, Poteau, Mrs. Helen Batche, Port nArthur, Tex., and Miss Lillian Brown, Poteau; grandmother, Mrs. Nora Roberts, Broken Bow; and aunts, Mrs. Florence Taylor, Broken Bow, and Mrs. Marie Heise, Missouri.
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McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, May 9, 1945
MORE IS LEARNED CONCERNING DEATH OF PAUL BROWN
Additional details concerning the death of Cpl. Paul Brown, Valliant, who died May 4 at Fresno, Calif., have been learned by his father, Sam L. Brown, formerly of Valliant and now of Orange, Tex.
A letter from Col. John O'Neal, commanding officer of Hammer Field, Fresno, Calif., stated that Cpl. Brown was on a B-26 which made a normal takeoff on the afternoon of May 4. Soon after the pilot called the control tower stating that trouble had developed in the left engine and he was coming around an emergency landing. The plane had not gained sufficient altitude for any loss of power, and it struck the ground 10 miles north of Fresno, Calif., burning and instantly killing the six aboard.
"Let me express the hope that you will receive some consolation and comfort from the knowledge of the fact that your son died while in the service of his country, and his actions reflect the highest credit and honor upon both himself and the army air forces," Col. O'Neal said.
A graduate of Wright City high school, Cpl Brown attended Wilburton A. and M. college and Fresno, Calif., state college. He was a plane mechanic and had been in service since 1941.
McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, June 2, 1945
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear () •
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN):
PLANE MISHAP IS FATAL FOR PAUL BROWN
Body To Be Returned Here For Service
Cpl. Paul Brown, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Brown, Valliant, was killed in an aircraft accident at Hamil field, fresno, Calif., at 1:40 p.m. Friday, his parents have been notified.
No details of the accident were available.
A graduate of Valliant high school, he attended Wilburton State college, and Fresno, Calif., State college before enlisting in the air corps in 1941. He was an instructor-mechanic.
His body will arrive in Idabel Friday afternoon, and funeral services will be held at the Wright City Baptist church Saturday afternoon with Rev. D. A. McReynolds, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Wright City cemetery under direction of Coffey funeral home.
He is survived by his parents; three brothers, Frank L. Brown, a prisoner of the Japs; john Brown, a veteran of this war who was discharged after being wounded on Midway in 1942, and who is now attending college at Stillwater, Sam Brown, Jr., home address; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lee Smith, Poteau, Mrs. Helen Batche, Port nArthur, Tex., and Miss Lillian Brown, Poteau; grandmother, Mrs. Nora Roberts, Broken Bow; and aunts, Mrs. Florence Taylor, Broken Bow, and Mrs. Marie Heise, Missouri.
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McCurtain Gazette
Wednesday, May 9, 1945
MORE IS LEARNED CONCERNING DEATH OF PAUL BROWN
Additional details concerning the death of Cpl. Paul Brown, Valliant, who died May 4 at Fresno, Calif., have been learned by his father, Sam L. Brown, formerly of Valliant and now of Orange, Tex.
A letter from Col. John O'Neal, commanding officer of Hammer Field, Fresno, Calif., stated that Cpl. Brown was on a B-26 which made a normal takeoff on the afternoon of May 4. Soon after the pilot called the control tower stating that trouble had developed in the left engine and he was coming around an emergency landing. The plane had not gained sufficient altitude for any loss of power, and it struck the ground 10 miles north of Fresno, Calif., burning and instantly killing the six aboard.
"Let me express the hope that you will receive some consolation and comfort from the knowledge of the fact that your son died while in the service of his country, and his actions reflect the highest credit and honor upon both himself and the army air forces," Col. O'Neal said.
A graduate of Wright City high school, Cpl Brown attended Wilburton A. and M. college and Fresno, Calif., state college. He was a plane mechanic and had been in service since 1941.
McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, June 2, 1945
Contributor: Brandon O'Rear () •
Enlistment Army Service No. (ASN):
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