World War II Honoree

Ernest Wayne Grostick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fowlerville, Michigan

Honored By

Cynthia S. Grostick

Relationship

Daughter

JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS ON DECEMBER 16, 1941 AND SERVED AS STAFF SERGEANT AT ROYAL AIR FORCE BURTONWOOD IN WARRINGTON, ENGLAND. PERFORMED MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ON CARGO AND BOMBER AIRCRAFT. SUPERVISED THE WORK OF EIGHT TO FOURTEEN MEN. ACCOMPANIED AIRCRAFT ON TEST FLIGHTS TO DETERMINE THE MAINTENANCE STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN FLIGHT. SERVED 36 MONTHS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL. DISCHARGED OCTOBER 30, 1945.