Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Athol, Massachusetts
Honored By
Emma Zuidema
Relationship
Granddaughter
B-17 AIRCRAFT PILOT FLYING BOMBING MISSIONS OUT OF NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY. SHOT DOWN OVER STEYR AUSTRIA BY GERMAN ME-109 ON 38TH MISSION IN APRIL 1944, AND SURVIVED THE CRASH. WAS DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION THEN PRISONER OF WAR. REPATRIATED IN 1945.