World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harold L. Parker
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Morgantown, Indiana
Relationship
Self
CORPORAL-GUNNER/AIR CREWMAN. ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT KEESLER FIELD, BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI; COMBAT CREW TRAINING FOR B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' BOMBERS AT SIOUX CITY ARMY AIR BASE, IOWA, AND FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. ASSIGNED TO SQUADRON A, 238TH ARMY AIR BASE UNIT, CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND, SHEPPARD FIELD, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. DURING STAGING FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, WAS REASSIGNED TO PYOTE ARMY AIR FIELD, TEXAS, FOR RETRAINING ON B-29 'SUPER-FORTRESS' BOMBERS. DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM KEARNEY FIELD, NEBRASKA, LOST THE PLANE OVER MINNESOTA. SURVIVED AND WHILE STAGING FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS, THE WAR ENDED. FINALLY, REASSIGNED TO CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA, FOR SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE.