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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Sheldon Cohen Craigmyle

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Madison, Indiana

Honored By

Joe Fields

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS AS A CADET IN AUGUST 1942, HAD BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING AT GOODFELLOW AIR FIELD IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, NAVIGATION TRAINING AT HONDO, TEXAS, AND BECAME A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT SMOKEY HILL AIR BASE, SALINA, KANSAS. HE ACHIEVED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT. HE WAS KILLED IN A ROUTINE B-29 CRASH NEAR STREGAR, SCOTLAND WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE UNITED STATES.