World War II Honoree

Lewis M. Perkins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Utica, Kentucky

Honored By

Mary Lewis Robinson

Relationship

Daughter

PILOT OF B-24 AIRCRAFT AND DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AIR FORCE AS A CAPTAIN. HE FLEW 35 SORTIES BUT WAS CREDITED FOR 50 MISSIONS, AS 15 OF THOSE MISSIONS WERE DEEMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THESE MISSIONS INCLUDED BOMBING OF MUNITIONS FACTORIES IN GERMANY, YUGOSLAVIA, HUNGARY AND ITALY; SUBMARINE PENS; AND THE OIL FIELDS OF PLOESTI ROMANIA. DURING ONE OF THESE MISSIONS, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN AND HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR 58 DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED.