Julian Meade Osborne
MilitaryLt. Colonel in the USAF, having served in 121 Eagle Squadron RAF, won several British decorations and was one of General Eisenhower's personal pilots. He was later assigned to Washington as an Assistant Air Attach‚ to Finland serving two years in the Defense Intelligence Agency and later a command pilot with the 1001st Operations Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base until his death.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Makassar
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Norfolk, VA, USA | 20 July 1918 | Virginia, USA. |
Other Baled out |
Etchingham, Etchingham, East Sussex TN19, UK | 19 August 1942 | On return from covering the withdrawal from Dippe. Engine caught fire, coaxed Spitfire P8589 back as far as Etchingham in Sussex before baling out between '500ft' to '1000ft'. He landed safely quite close to his aircraft. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 September 1942 - 11 November 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Transferred |
11 November 1942 | Transferred to 8TH AFSC. | |
Died |
Maryland, USA | 5 January 1968 | Died in 1968 at age 49 of a heart attack. |
Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. | ||
Washington, DC, USA | |||
Other Assigned |
29 September 1942 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
Other Assistant Air Attachee |
Washington, DC, USA | Assigned to Washington as an Assistant Air Attachee. | |
Other Defense Intelligence Agency |
Finland | To Finland serving two years in the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA. | |
Other Command pilot USAF |
Joint Base Andrews, MD, USA | Command pilot with the 1001st Operations Squadron. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3611
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EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3611
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_o…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3611
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html