Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, New York
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
FLIGHT OFFICER. BOMBARDIER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 783RD SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HE BAILED OUT OF HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES ON A COMBAT MISSION TO AN OIL REFINERY IN BRUX, GERMANY ON DECEMBER 16, 1944. CAPTURED AND HELD PRISONER OF WAR.