World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Charles W. Avona
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shelter Island, New York
Honored By
Mr. Ignatius Avona
Served, October 14, 1923 to April 24, 1944. 550th Bomb Heavy Group, 385th Bomb Group. B-17 Pilot, shot down over city of Magdeburg on bomb run to Berlin during one of the heavy air raids, went down with plane.