World War II Honoree

Louis Edwin Drane, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Savannah, Georgia

Honored By

Myrtle Drane Scott

Relationship

Widow

B-17 PILOT, 416TH BOMB SQUADRON, 99TH BOMB GROUP, 15TH AIR FORCE. FLEW 26 COMBAT MISSIONS FROM BASE IN ITALY. AWARDED AIR MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS AND EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 4 BRONZE STARS FOR THE BALKANS, RHINELAND, PO VALLEY AND NORTHERN APENNINES CAMPAIGNS. PROMOTED TO 1ST LIEUTENANT JANUARY 7, 1945. LEFT FOR ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1944 RETURNED TO U.S. ON JULY 13, 1945.