Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Marceline, Missouri
Honored By
Arnold A. Wright
Relationship
Friend
PILOT ON A B-24 BOMBER ON A MISSION TO THE ARMOR PLATE WORKS IN OSTROVE, GERMANY AUGUST 29, 1944, WHEN THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF GASOLINE. THE CREW BAILED OUT AND LANDED NEAR OSJEZ, YUGOSLAVIA. CAPTURED BY THE CHETNIKS AND TURNED OVER TO THE GERMANS. CONFINED AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT III.