Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Longview, Texas
Honored By
500th Bomb Group Memorial Association
SECOND LIEUTENANT AND FLIGHT ENGINEER OF Z SQUARE 45, 'MUSTN’T TOUCH', OF THE 883RD SQUADRON. ON THE WAY TO BOMB THE MUSASHINO AIRCRAFT WORKS AND THE NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT FACTORY NEAR TOKYO, ON JANUARY 9, 1945, THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE AND HAD TO DITCH. NO SURVIVORS WERE EVER FOUND.