World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Ellis Englebrook
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cranston, Rhode Island
Honored By
Children
ARMY AIR FORCE 1940-1942 AT HILLSGROVE AIRPORT IN RHODE ISLAND. TRANSFERRED TO AIR BASE IN WISCONSIN, THEN TO FORT SUMTER, NEW MEXICO AND FINALLY TO VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA IN JANUARY 1942. AT VICTORVILLE, BECAME A GLIDER PILOT AND ADVANCED TRAINING INSTRUCTOR. WHILE AT VICTORVILLE, A C47 TRANSPORT COLLIDED WITH DONALD'S CG4A GLIDER SEVERING THE RIGHT WING OF THE CG4A, INJURING DONALD AND KILLING HIS CO-PILOT ROY 'POP' EDEN. CONTINUED SERVICE AS A LINK TRAINER INSTRUCTOR AT BOWMAN FIELD, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY IN 1943 AND AT MAXTON, NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR IN 1945.