World War II Honoree

Earl Eugene Couchman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bellingham, Washington

Honored By

Susan Harris

Relationship

Grandniece

EARL WAS CALLED 'GENE.' GENE SERVED IN THE 15TH AIR CORPS AND THE 20TH AIR CORPS FROM 1942 TO 1947. HE FLEW BOTH THE B-17 AND B-29 AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN ALBUQUERQUE AND ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO, AND PEYOTE, TEXAS. THE ARMY AIR CORPS MOVED HIM AND A CREW TO KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, IN PREPARATION FOR TRANSFER TO TINIAN ISLAND IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS BUT THE WAR ENDED WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN THE U.S.