World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Edward L. Austin
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Redford, Michigan
Honored By
Donald J. Peterson
B-29 RADAR OPERATOR. HIS AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RETURN FROM JUNE 4, 1945 AIR RAID ON OSAKA, JAPAN. GRADUATED FROM NAVIGATOR FLIGHT TRAINING AND WAS COMMISSIONED AT HONDO AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS ON NOVEMBER 11, 1944. U.S. AIR FORCE POST-WAR. NAVIGATOR B-24 AIRCREW. ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MAY 1945 TO NOVEMBER 1946. HAWAII, BIAK, OKINAWA AND FORT MCKINLEY, PHILIPPINES.