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{{Short description|U.S. Air Force pilot and polar explorer (1920–2008)}}
{{Infobox person | name =Joseph Otis Fletcher | image =Joseph O. Fletcher mask.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|16}} | birth_place =[[Ryegate, Montana]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|7|6|1920|5|16}} | death_place =[[Sequim, Washington]], US | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for =[[Polar explorer]] | education =[[University of Oklahoma]]<br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br>[[University of Alaska]] (Ph.D. 1979) | employer = | occupation = | title = | networth = | height = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse ={{marriage|Caroline Sisco Howard|1949}} | partner = | children =
'''Joseph Otis Fletcher''' (May 16, 1920 – July 6, 2008) was an American [[U.S. Air Force|Air Force]] [[aviator|pilot]] and [[polar explorer]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://sharpgary.org/JOF%20Obituary.doc |title=Joseph Otis Fletcher |quote=Joseph Fletcher was born outside of Ryegate, Montana, on May 16, 1920 the son of Clarence Bert Fletcher and Margaret Mary Mathers. ... |url-status=live |access-date=2012-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128010053/http://sharpgary.org/JOF%20Obituary.doc |archive-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref>
==Biography==
He was born outside of [[Ryegate, Montana]] on May 16, 1920, to Clarence Bert Fletcher
Fletcher started studying at the [[University of Oklahoma]] and then continued his studies in [[meteorology]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. After graduation, he entered the [[U.S. Army Air Corps]] and eventually became the deputy commanding officer of the [[4th Weather Group]], United States Air Force, stationed in Alaska.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meteorologists To Hear Colonel |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1682391652.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+18%2C+1952&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Meteorologists+To+Hear+Colonel&pqatl=google |quote=Joseph O. Fletcher, deputy commanding officer of the 4th Weather Group, United States Air Force, will address the first meeting of the Baltimore chapter of the ... |newspaper=[[Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 18, 1952 |access-date=2012-11-24 }}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/ice.htm Fletcher's Ice Island T-3].
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