World War II Honoree

Gale W. Minor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Greensboro, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Diana S. Krutko

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED IN THE 390TH BOMB GROUP, 568TH BOMB SQUADRON. FLEW 6 SUCCESSFUL BOMBING MISSIONS ABOARD A B-17. ON 7TH MISSION, WAS A RIGHT WAIST GUNNER ON A B-17 WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY FIGHTERS NEAR MAGDEBURG, GERMANY ON MAY 28, 1944. DURING A MISSION TO BOMB THE OIL REFINERIES AT MAGDEBURG, AFTER LANDING BY PARACHUTE, WAS TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS. REMAINED A PRISONER-OF-WAR UNTIL BEING LIBERATED BY AMERICAN TROOPS ON APRIL 29, 1945.