Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Quality, Kentucky
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 305TH BOMBER GROUP STATIONED IN CHELVESTON, ENGLAND. AS ONE OF THE TEN CREW MEMBERS ON A B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS', HE MANNED THE RADIO, AND WAS A WAIST GUNNER. WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO BE TRAINED TO USE RADAR, LATER BECOMING A RADAR INSTRUCTOR.