Hometown
Orofino, Idaho
Honored By
Ms. Mary J. Crabb
8TH AIR FORCE, 508TH BOMB SQUAD, 351ST BOMB GROUP. B-17 PILOT. COMPLETED 64 MISSIONS. MANY TIMES THE ONLY PLANE OF HIS SQUAD TO RETURN. FLEW OUT OF PETERBOROUGH, ENGLAND. HE NEVER LOST A MAN OF HIS CREW. RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND 8 AIR MEDALS. THE YOUNG MEN STATIONED THERE BEGGED TO FLY MISSIONS WITH HIM.