World War II Honoree

John C. Young

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Frank Halm, USAF (Ret.)

SERVED AS A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER WAIST GUNNER, WHO COMPLETED MORE THAN 30 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 94TH BOMB GROUP, 331ST BOMB SQUADRON, STATIONED AT ROUGHAM FIELD, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENGLAND. LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE 333RD BOMB SQUADRON WHERE HIS CREW WAS DESIGNATED AS THE ‘LEAD CREW SQUADRON’. CAMPAIGNS AND AIR BATTLES: AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATIONS: AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BATTLE STARS.