Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Randolph, Maine
Honored By
Gene & Mary Moxley
FIRST LIEUTENANT. NAVIGATOR ON A B-24 LIBERATOR. SERVED WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 55TH BOMB WING, 465TH BOMB GROUP, 780TH SQUADRON. STATIONED AT PANTANELLA AIR BASE, ITALY. HIS AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDED IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY AFTER IT WAS HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ON A COMBAT MISSION TO THE MAIN STATION MARSHALLING YARD AT VIENNA, AUSTRIA ON APRIL 25, 1945. RETURNED BY RUSSIAN FORCES TO ITALY ON MAY 7, 1945.