World War II Honoree

Percy 'Joe' Harmon Coombs

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Boothbay, Maine

Honored By

Sarah Sherman Brewer

Relationship

Friend

Enlisted in the Army Air Corps on November 5, 1942, age 20. He attended 1 month of basic training in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then became an aviation cadet. He received further training at Grove City College in Pennsylvania; Pre-flight Training at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. Primary and Basic Flight Training at Shaw Field in Sumter, South Carolina; Advanced Flight Training at Marianna, Florida. Then served as an instructor for Basic Flight Training in Malden, Missouri.