World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Chester Phillip Wantuck
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Buffalo, New York
Honored By
Julie Wantuck
Relationship
Daughter-in-Law
SERVED IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, FLEW ON A B-24 AIRCRAFT. FLEW 46 BOMBING MISSIONS, ON 47TH WAS SHOT DOWN AND WAS IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FOR 11 MONTHS. RANK WAS TECHNICAL SERGEANT. RECEIVED AN AIR MEDAL AND WINGS FROM THE AIR FORCE. WAS LIBERATED IN MAY 1945, HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1945.