World War II Honoree

William Earle Hendrix, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Honored By

Helen Hendrix, William Hendrix, Robert Hendrix & Susan Schainost

Relationship

Wife & Children

SERVED AS PILOT IN THE 466TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 786TH AND 784TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRONS, 8TH AIR FORCE. PILOTED TWENTY-FOUR B-24 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY, THE LAST TEN OF WHICH WERE AS LEAD PILOT. SERVED IN THREE MAJOR EUROPEAN BATTLE CAMPAIGNS: CENTRAL RHINELAND, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND ARDENNES FOREST. PILOTED C-54 AIRCRAFT ON ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE ROUND-TRIP MISSIONS INTO RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, GERMANY IN SUPPORT OF ALLIED RELIEF EFFORTS TO BERLIN (BERLIN AIRLIFT), NOVEMBER 1948 TO JUNE 1949, 15TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 61ST TROOP CARRIER WING.