Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Cincinnati, Ohio
Honored By
Joel Greenblatt
Relationship
Son-in-law
FLEW B-17 OUT OF ENGLAND 1944-1945. BOMBARDIER. PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY MARCH 1945. MY FATHER-IN-LAW WAS BLOWN UNCONSCIOUS OUT OF THE PLANE, FORTUNATELY WHILE WEARING HIS PARACHUTE, AND REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS IN TIME TO DEPLOY PARACHUTE. INJURED ONE OF HIS LEGS IN THE PLANE'S DESTRUCTION, WAS CAPTURED ON THE GROUND, WAS A POW BRIEFLY IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL UNTIL LIBERATED BY ALLIED FORCES.