Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Brown County, Wisconsin
Honored By
Larry E. Carpenter
Relationship
Aviation Historian
SERVED AS AN AVIATION CADET PILOT IN A B-25D ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM BOMBER, WHO WAS KILLED JULY 24, 1944 DURING A LOCAL NIGHTTIME TRANSITION TRAINING MISSION. AN AVIATION CADET STUDENT PILOT WAS ALSO KILLED WHEN THE BOMBER CRASHED NEAR THE LA JUNTA ARMY AIR FIELD, LA JUNTA, COLORADO.