World War II Honoree

Thomas W. Perry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Honored By

Eleanor S. Perry

Relationship

Wife

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. TAUGHT METEOROLOGY TO PILOTS AND TRAINED PILOTS TO FLY IN THE ADVANCED TRAINER, THE AT-6 TEXAN. WAS STATIONED AT WILLIAMS FIELD, IN ARIZONA. AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR, AND HIS SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE, CAPTAIN PERRY WAS DIRECTOR OF GROUND TRAINING FOR THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA.