World War II Honoree

Kenneth A. Wyatt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

San Pedro, California

Honored By

Captain Dewayne Bennett

Relationship

B-17 Pilot

FLEW FOUR COMBAT MISSIONS WITH CAPTAIN BENNETT TO INCLUDE: SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY; SOTTEVAST, FRANCE; HAMM, GERMANY; OBERPFAFFENHOFEN, GERMANY. SHOT DOWN ON MAY 29, 1944 ON A MISSION OVER POSEN, POLAND AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR. AS THE WAR WAS COMING TO AN END, HE ESCAPED FROM GERMAN CAPTIVITY WHILE BEING RELOCATED AND WAS LIBERATED BY THE BRITISH. AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, POW MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL (ARMY), AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED 1945.