World War II Honoree

Junius C. Price

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Florence, South Carolina

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 34644499. ENGINEER WITH THE 445TH BOMB GROUP, 701ST BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1944 HIS B-24 SERVICE NUMBER 42-94940, WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY BY GERMAN FIGHTERS AFTER A MISSION TO THE SYNTHETIC FUEL PLANT MISBURG, NEAR HANNOVER. SIX CREW MEMBERS WERE KILLED DURING THE ATTACK OR IN THE CRASH OF THE BOMBER. THE THREE OTHERS, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, SAVED THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND SURVIVED THE WAR.