Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Erie, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
1ST LIEUTENANT. PILOT ON A B-24 LIBERATOR NAMED 'PORKY'. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. SHOT DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 WHILE RETURNING FROM A COMBAT MISSION TO MUNICH, GERMANY. HE BAILED OUT OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT, WAS CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT 1.