Joseph J Brady

Army Serial # 11017767 Joseph J Brady, Residence; Massachusetts, County Hamden.   Place of Enlistment, Springfield, MASS.  18 Dec. 1941 as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Corps.  He was single at Enlistment, White, citizen, had completed 4 years of High School, and was working as a semiskilled filer, grinder, buffer and polisher of metal.  Joseph was still single at enlistment.   Officer number was 0-791667.

50 Combat Missions;  Lt Joseph Brady apparently died here in the States, it is listed as "DNB" (Died Non-Battle) on 15 Oct. 1944.  (See very bottom of Article please). 

The first time Brady shows up is Sep 43 war diary – (note Schneider and Brady together).   Captain William J Schneider is the Pilot, Lt Joseph J Brady the Co-Pilot in the B-25 ALLY OOP Photo #42-32403.  He was in the 310th Bomb Group, 379th Bomb Squadron, from Sept.'43.

 He was one of people in the G swap from 321st to 310th – G’s and crews went to 310th, and 310th gave the 321st replacements. 

Brady flew 19 mission with the 321st, between 16 Nov 43 and 18 Jan 44 – most on 42-64599.  He returned to States in Feb 44.

321stBomb Group War-Diary;

21 Dec 43 - 446th BS War Diary:  Mission today with plenty of flak.  Lt Brady’s ship so badly shot up he had to crash land at home base.  No one injured in landing but Lt. Mastroianni got slight cut from flak.  Sgt. Cleveland bailed out of Lt. Fetterly’s plane over target.  Because of steep dive he evidently thought the plane out of control.

Brady, Joseph J., 2Lt, pilot     A/C No.   42-64599 “Old 99” (crash landed at base)

 P Brady, Joseph J., 1Lt   CP  Abraham, Frank W., 2Lt  N None B Mastroianni, Henry L., 2L

E  Brawn, Jean H., Cpl  R  Spoerl, Harry C., Sgt  G Thomas, Patrick (NMI), Sgt   F None

15 Jan 44 - 446th BS War Diary:  Lt. Brady finished his fiftieth today.

    Brady, Joseph J., 2Lt, pilot

 1 Feb 44 - 446th BS War Diary:  A big mail call with plenty of V-Mail gave morale a big boost.  A successful mission was flown and seven lucky combat men got their “going home” orders:  Lt. Brady, Lt. Pappas, Sgts. Barber, Haasch, Haughom, Kaney and Pilcher.

 Brady, Joseph J., Lt, pilot

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.    Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source     Joseph J. Brady Hampden County, MA U.S. Army National Archives    1 LT Joseph J. Brady ID: 0-791667
Branch of Service: U.S. Army  Hometown: Hampden County, MA   Status: DNB (DNB)
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1930 Census; Agawam, Hampden Co. Massachusetts
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph J Brady/Head of Household/34
Mary E Brady/Wife/34
Joseph J Brady/Son/9
Dorothy M Brady/Daughter/8
Elizabeth F Brady/Daughter/7
Marianne Brady/Daughter/6

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STATESIDE CRASH of TWO Light Bombers in Florence, South Carolina
1Lt. Joseph J. Brady was an Instructer at the Florence, SC Base
SIX men were Killed.  DNB

Lt Brady DIED the day BEFORE his 24th Birthday.

1 LT Joseph J. Brady  ID: 0-791667   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Hampden County, MA   Status: DNB
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2 LT Robert M. Nuckolls  ID: O-771760   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Alameda, CA   Status: DNB
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S SG William E. Rentz  ID: 14075370   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Choctaw County, AL   Status: DNB
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SGT  William L. Mann  ID: 33503161   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Dauphin County, PA   Status: DNB
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CPL William J. Collier  ID: 31406253   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: New Haven County, CT   Status: DNB
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William J. Collier   BRANCH OF SERVICE: U.S. Army Air Forces
HOMETOWN: Hamden, CT  HONORED BY: Walter Edward Collier, Jr., Brother
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CPL Richard M. Lavinder  ID: 35770479   Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Mercer County, WV   Status: DNB
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   57th Bomb Wing Historical Research Team; John T. "Lil' Butch" Fitzgerald, Patti Johnson and Barbara Connolly.

 Barbi Ennis Connolly PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com 319th and 321st BG Historian.