Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Friends of American Heroes
FROM 1943 TO 1945 HE WAS A FLIGHT ENGINEER IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES. AT TIMES HE FLEW B-24 AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR TRANSPORT DIVISION IN THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC THEATERS OF OPERATION. IN 1943 AND 1944 HE WAS BASED IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA AND BECAME LIAISON, HANDING OVER WINTERIZED AND MODIFIED P-39 AIRCRAFT TO THE SOVIET UNION.