World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John William Whiteside, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
John W. Whiteside III
Relationship
Son
STATIONED AT HETHEL AIR BASE, NORWICH, ENGLAND. SERVED IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 389TH BOMB GROUP, 565TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON AS B-24 PILOT. EARNED THE AIR MEDAL. MISSIONS FLOWN OVER GERMANY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA FROM JANUARY 1945 THROUGH MAY 1945.