World War II Honoree

Elvin Thomas Hart

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Honored By

E. Thomas Hart, Jr.

Relationship

Son

MASTER SERGEANT. SERVED AS A RADIOMAN / GUNNER 1ST CLASS WITH THE 19TH BOMB GROUP, 30TH SQUADRON, SURVIVING THE CRASH LANDING OF B-17 NUMBER 41-24428, NAMED 'MISS CARRIAGE' AT MAREEBA AIR BASE, AUSTRALIA, 6 SEPTEMBER 1942. AFTER RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES, HE SERVED ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE IN EUROPE. HIS LAST KNOWN POSTING WAS THE 87TH TRANSPORT SQUADRON, JANUARY 1945.