Joseph Brady
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Military
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). 36 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Navigator | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x combat missions. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD).* ETD
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Military | Flight Officer | Navigator / Mickey Op | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Engineer | 303rd Bomb Group
Military | Captain | Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Flew 35 missions with the 8th/ Was a volunteer at the museum from its beginning
Military | Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD).
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). 27 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot; Pilot | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). 25 x combat missions. ETD
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 27 x combat missions. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). ETD
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME
Military | Major | Bombardier | 303rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR Returned to duty (RTD). ETD
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated on 3-Feb-1942 at Pendleton Field, Oregon. They assembled at Gowen Field, Idaho on 11-February 1942 where it conducted flight training until 12-Jun-1942. The Group then moved to Alamogordo Field, New...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 19/2/43; Will Rogers 5/3/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG Thurleigh 20/4/43; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-O] Molesworth 25/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/4/44, an F-model fitted with a chin turret; Returned to the USA 29/5/44;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/2/43; Salina 8/3/43; Dow Fd 10/4/43; Assigned 368BS/306BG [BO-Y] Thurleigh 19/4/43; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-X] Molesworth 26/9/43; 1 Base Air Depot, Burtonwood 5/4/44; Returned to the USA Tinker 4/6/44; Long Beach 5/6/43;...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Pocatello 31/12/42; Assigned 359BS/303BG [BN-Z] Morrison 5/3/43; Molesworth 8/4/43; Missing in Action 6/9/43 with Bob Hullar, Co-pilot: Wilbur Klint, Navigator: Elmer Brown, Bombardier: Jim McCormick, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dale...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 16/12/42; West Palm Beach 9/1/43; Assigned 427BS/303BG [GH-Q] Molesworth 7/2/43; severe battle damaged Bernberg 20/2/44 with Bob Hullar, Co-pilot: Capt Dick Dubell, Navigator: Elmer Brown, Bombardier: Jim McCormick, Flight engineer/top...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 20/12/43; 1SAG Langley 12/1/44; Mitchell 15/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 5/2/44; transferred 422NLS/305BG [JJ-S] Chelveston 20/3/44; 544BS/384BG [SU-X] Grafton Underwood 4/8/44; 358BS/303BG [VK-X] Molesworth 8/44; landing...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/12/44; Hunter 16/12/44; Grenier 3/1/45; Assigned 332BS/94BG [XM-H] Rougham 22/1/45; transferred 427BS/303BG [GN-Y] Molesworth 18/2/45; Returned to the USA Morrison 29/10/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal...
Military site : airfield
Molesworth was one of the early stations used by the Eighth Air Force in the UK, first occupied by the 15th Bomb Squadron’s Douglas Bostons in June 1942. Built in 1940 and extended and improved in 1942, Molesworth is most associated with the 303rd...
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Born | Kings County, NY | 14 March 1917 |
Son of Joseph and Rose J Hullar. |
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Enlisted | 10 February 1941 | |
Based | Molesworth | July 1943 – May 1945 |
Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Ditched RTD | English Channel | 6 September 1943 |
Ditched in North Sea 6-Sep-43 in B-17 42-3002 'Old Squaw'. Picked up by ASR, Returned to duty (RTD). |
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Discharged USAAF | 20 March 1946 | |
Honourable discharge. |
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Enlisted | 20 July 1948 | |
Discharged USAF | 30 September 1970 | |
Honourable discharge. |
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Died | 29 October 1984 | |
Buried | Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), NYk | 2 November 1984 |
Moravian Cemetery |
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04 November 2020 19:54:46 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/76141910 |
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19 October 2020 22:08:30 | jmoore43 | Changes to unit associations |
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Added a connection to the 427th BS per on the 303rd BG website. |
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19 October 2020 21:57:45 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Added a location for the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 55987181. |
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19 October 2020 21:35:33 | jmoore43 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Added a connection to A/C #42-29795 - per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 183. |
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18 October 2020 17:40:07 | jmoore43 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Added a connection to A/C #42-29823 - per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on page 176. |
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08 October 2020 19:50:34 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Updated the Born event per info in the book "Half a Wing, Three Engines And a Prayer" by "Brian D. O’Neill" on pg 1. |
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20 January 2019 21:41:45 | Al_Skiff | Changes to nickname, service number, biography, events and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/76141910?rec=76141920 |
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05 March 2017 15:51:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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Key Image ID. |
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27 September 2014 18:23:36 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, also from book: Half a wing, three engines and a prayer about this crew's experiences in WW II., Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Biship & Hey p. 269 |