World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Don Armstrong
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brooklyn, Iowa
Honored By
Jan Bos
CAPTAIN, WAS NAVIGATOR OF C-47 42-23506 OF THE 45TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 316TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. THE AIRPLANE WAS HIT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE AND EXPLODED. HE WAS NEVER RECOVERED. HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE WALL OF MISSING OF THE SICILY ROME CEMETERY, NETTUNO, ITALY.