World War II Honoree

Raymond E. Custer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Virginia S. Custer

Relationship

Wife

AFTER BASIC TRAINING AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, ASSIGNED TO 485TH BOMBER GROUP, B-24 LIBERATORS. FLEW FROM U.S. OVER TO AFRICA. AFTER ITALY WAS TAKEN, MOVED TO THAT LOCATION AND CONTINUED BOMBING EUROPE. HAD APPROXIMATELY 60 MISSIONS TO HIS CREDIT. SERVED OCTOBER 21, 1942 TO OCTOBER 1945. AWARDS: AMERICAN THEATER, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN THEATER AND WWII VICTORY MEDALS.