World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Elwin C. Goodenough
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED SERVICE SEPTEMBER 1940. INITIALLY SERVED AS A MECHANIC, THEN ENTERED PILOT TRAINING AND APPOINTED FLIGHT OFFICER AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS IN MARCH 1943. BEGAN SERVICE IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, MAY 1943. PROMOTED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A MARAUDER B-26 BOMBER PILOT WITH 12TH AIR FORCE. PARTICIPATED IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST TARGETS IN FLORENCE, ITALY INCLUDING MARSHALLING YARDS, WAREHOUSES AND A CHEMICAL PLANT. KILLED JUNE 17, 1944. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 6 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS.