~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, NWA Capt. Phillip R. Brown
September 19, 1940 ~ December 27, 2024
Sharing news as was received from the RNPA/Retired
Northwest Pilots group…..Captain Phillip Ralph Brown joined Northwest Airlines 11-06-1967
and retired in 2000. We understand that no
services were his wishes. Please see
shared obituary below.
PCN memorial site :
Obituary :
Captain
Phillip R. Brown, age 84, died of natural causes on 27 December 2024. Phil grew
up in Mount Vernon, Ohio and attended college at Miami University at Oxford,
Ohio During his undergrad years at Miami University Phil completed the Air
Force ROTC program. Upon college graduation Phil was designated a distinguished
AFROTC graduate and was commissioned a regular officer in the U.S. Air
Force.
After
college graduation Phil entered USAF pilot training. Upon graduating first in
his class at William AFB, Phil was assigned to Air Training Command as a pilot
instructor at Webb AFB, Big Spring, TX.
In the
fall of 1967 Phil separated from the active Air Force in pursuit of employment
with Northwest Airlines. Shortly thereafter he obtained a pilot slot with the
Iowa Air Guard 185th Tactical Fighter Group (F-100) at Sioux City. In the late
sixties there was a sizable contingent of NWA pilots serving with this unit.
Phil retired as a Lt Col after 20+ years in the Air Guard with many hours in
the F-100 and A7D.
Phil
served as a Northwest Airlines instructor pilot for much of his thirty-three
years career. When he retired in September 2000, he was serving as an
instructor on the 747-400.
At the
time of his death, Phillip Brown was residing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. No
memorial service is planned.
We have
lost another fine, gentleman aviator
(~John
Ahnert & Bill Day)
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