World War II Honoree

Arthur C. Jetter

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Omaha, Nebraska

Honored By

Arthur C. Jetter, Jr.

B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER PILOT, FLEW 35 MISSIONS OVER EUROPE WITH THE 613TH BOMB SQUADRON, 401ST BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR CORPS. HIS B-17 'SNICKLEFRITZ' FLEW FROM THE AIRFIELD AT DEENETHORPE, ENGLAND. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. AFTER COMPLETING MISSIONS IN EUROPE, THEN VOLUNTEERED TO FLY A PBY PATROL BOMBER 'CATALINA' FLYING BOAT IN THE PACIFIC. THE WAR ENDED JUST AS PBY TRAINING CONCLUDED.