World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Gerard W. Gauthier
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dearborn, Michigan
Honored By
Don Kilburg, Jr.
Relationship
Friend
SERVED IN LAVENHAM, ENGLAND IN 839TH SQUADRON, 487TH BOMB GROUP. PARTICIPATED IN THE LARGEST AIR ARMADA ON DECEMBER 24, 1944. ACTIVE IN THE FIRE FIGHT AS A WAIST GUNNER ON THE DEPUTY LEAD PLANE. IT TOOK THE MISSION LEAD WHEN GENERAL FREDERICK CASTLE'S PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN NEAR LIEGE, BELGIUM.