World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald A. Hitchcock
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Memphis, Tennessee
Honored By
Donald A. Hitchcock, Jr. & Family
ENTERED SERVICE 1943 IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE, ASSIGNED TO KEESLER FIELD AT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. REASSIGNED TO ADVANCE TRAINING AS RADIO OPERATOR AND AS FIRE CONTROL GUNNER AT AIR BASE IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. ATTENDED AIR CADET TRAINING AT THE AIR BASE IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA AND FLEW TRANSITION MISSIONS BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND CUBA BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO OVERSEAS WITH THE 20TH ARMY AIR FORCE AT SAIPAN ISLAND. ATTACHED TO 73RD WING OF THE 499TH BOMB GROUP, FLEW 25 MISSIONS AND WAS RELIEVED TO RETURN TO U.S. AT BASE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR DISCHARGE IN 1945.