World War II Honoree

Marvin Bernard Wolverton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Adams County, Illinois

Honored By

Sam E. Pennartz

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI ON 7 DECEMBER 1940. HE FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS AS THE LEFT WAIST AERIAL GUNNER ONBOARD THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS NICKNAMED 'THE WAR HORSE' ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 385TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 549TH BOMB SQUADRON, AT ROYAL AIR FORCE GREAT ASHFIELD NEAR SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER BERLIN ON 6 OCTOBER 1944 AND SURVIVED TO BE TAKEN PRISONER BY THE GERMANS. LIBERATED FROM A STALAG IN MAY 1945 AND RETURNED TO THE STATES FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION AND REHABILITATION.