Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Casper, Wyoming
Honored By
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lynch
SERVED AS AN ARMORER GUNNER, EIGHTH AIR FORCE, FIRST COMBAT DIVISION, FORTY FIRST COMBAT WING, 379TH BOMB GROUP, 527TH BOMB SQUADRON, STATION 117, KIMBOLTON, ENGLAND. TAIL POSITION, FLEW WITH 526TH BOMB SQUADRON IN LEAD FORMATION. ASSIGNED PILOT OFFICER DUTIES AS SQUADRON OBSERVER. ALSO AS TOGGLER REPLACING BOMBARDIER. TOUR OF DUTY CONSISTED OF FORTY FOUR COMBAT MISSIONS FROM AUGUST 1944 TO MARCH 1945.