World War II Honoree

Edward Leigh Page

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

Kevin Oaks

Relationship

Grandson

SERVED AS A PILOT IN 341ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 22ND BOMBER SQUADRON ASSIGNED TO THE 10TH AND THEN THE 14TH AIR FORCE. HE FLEW IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATERS OF OPERATION FROM 1943 UNTIL THE END OF WWII. HE BEGAN HIS FLIGHT TRAINING IN JANUARY OF 1942 JUST AFTER PEARL HARBOR. HIS UNIT RECEIVED TWO PRESIDENTIAL CITATIONS DURING HIS SERVICE. HE ALSO RECEIVED AN AIR MEDAL ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MEDALS. WAS MAINLY ASSIGNED TO FLY B-25 BOMBERS BUT WAS ALSO KNOWN TO FLY P-38 FIGHTERS INSTEAD OF TAKING LEAVE FROM TIME TO TIME. HE ALSO FLEW VARIOUS OTHER AIRCRAFT.