World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Paul Wesley Airey
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Quincy, Massachusetts
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
SERGEANT, SERVED AS AN AERIAL GUNNER ON B-24 BOMBERS, AND WAS CREDITED WITH 28 COMBAT MISSIONS IN EUROPE. IN JULY 1944 HE BAILED OUT OF HIS FLAK-DAMAGED AIRCRAFT, WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL MAY 1945.