Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Ralph Bozorth
HE SERVED IN EUROPE IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AS A GUNNER ON B-17S WITH THE 457TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, KNOWN AS THE 'FIREBALL GROUP'. IN LATE 1944, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY AND HE SPENT THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE WAR IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP.