World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Vance Noel Elder
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Eureka, Kansas
Honored By
James Dale
Relationship
Friend
LIEUTENANT. PILOT OF P-47-N 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER PLANE. BASIC TRAINING AT STANFORD, SHERMAN AND VICTORIA, TEXAS AIR BASES. P-47 TRAINING AT BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. JOINED 507TH FIGHTER GROUP FORMED AT DALHART, TEXAS. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC BASED AT IE SHIMA ISLAND NEAR OKINAWA. ESCORTED B-29 AIRCRAFT ON RAIDS ON MAINLAND JAPAN, AND BOMBED AND STRAFED TARGETS IN SOUTHERN JAPAN.