Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Spokane, Washington
Honored By
Donald Q. Morgan
Relationship
Self
IN MARCH 1943, 20 MEMBERS OF CLASS DESIGNATED 43-IX (EXPERIMENTAL) VOLUNTEERED TO SKIP ADVANCED TRAINING IN THE AT-6 SINGLE ENGINE TRAINER AND GO TO THE TWIN ENGINE B-25. AFTER GRADUATION, HE SERVED AS INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR AND COMBAT PILOT WITH THE 57TH BOMB WING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS.