Name
Gordon Glen Brady
Born
1919-Apr-15
Died
1999-Mar-30
e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
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USN
VP-31
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USN
VP-81
Date
Rate
1942-Sep-23
Ensign
1943-Mar-11
Lt.(jg)
1943-Oct-14
Lieutenant
Citation
Date
Post
Action
1942-Sep-23
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Extended - 3.7 hours
1943-Mar-11
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night - 13.3 hours. "First hop in 81-P-8 since June 30, 1942"
1943-May-22
Pilot
Flight: Tactical - 2.8 hours
1943-Jun-01
Pilot
Flight: Tactical - 1.9 hours. "#7 in Miami. We"re moving!"
1943-Jun-03
Pilot
Flight: extended - 5.0 hours. "Trinidad to San Juan"
1943-Jun-14
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Extended - 12.2 hours. "Gtmo Bay to Great Exuma"
1943-Jun-16
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night - 14.2 hours. "280 knots - 9000 to 2000"
1943-Jun-20
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night - 14.3 hours
1943-Oct-14
Pilot
Flight: navigation - 6.4 hours. "Spent 1-1/2 hrs. at Boulder City"
1944-Mar-05
Pilot
Flight. Patrol (night) for Japanese barges off Buka Island (NW of Bougainville), spotted wakes which turned out to be coral reefs. The flares lit six hiding barges, however. Barges were bombed, strafed, and destroyed.
1944-May-11
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night? Spotted three craft near shore. Bombs missed, but strafing with .50-caliber guns sank all three off Luluai Point, Bougainville (SW).
Publication
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Biography