World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Frank J. Perry, Sr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
McAdoo, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Frank J. Perry, Sr.
ENTERED U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS AVIATION CADET PROGRAM MARCH 1944 AFTER CADET PROGRAM CANCELLED. IN APRIL 1944 SENT TO GROUND RADIO SCHOOL AT TRUAX AIR FORCE BASE THEN TO AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL AT TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE. TRAINED AS BALL TURRET GUNNER ON B-24. ASSIGNED TO CREW AND TRAINED FOR OVERSEAS AT CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AIR FORCE BASE. IN FALL OF 1944 FLEW AS CREW MEMBER ON B-24 FROM MITCHELL FIELD, LONG ISLAND TO ENGLAND VIA NORTHERN ROUTE AND ASSIGNED AS A WAIST GUNNER TO 458TH BOMB GROUP 754TH BOMB SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE BASED AT HORSHAM ST. FAITH, NORWICH ENGLAND. WENT ON 2 OFFICIAL BOMBING MISSIONS IN APRIL 1945 AND 5 OTHERS THAT WERE RECALLED. AFTER EUROPEAN VICTORY ASSIGNED TO B-29 GUNNERY SCHOOL AT LAS VEGAS IN AUGUST 1945 BUT WAR WITH JAPAN ENDED. SERVED BALANCE OF TIME, VARIOUS POSITIONS IN AIR CORPS UNTIL SEPARATED IN MAY 1946.