World War II Honoree

Edward Curry Powell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cairo, Georgia

Honored By

American Legion Post 122

EUROPE; MARCH 3, 1944-NOVEMBER 1, 1944. CAMPAIGNS; NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. CAPTAIN, FIGHTER PILOT P-47 AND P-51 510TH FIGHTER SQUADRON. FLEW 81 COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. WAS CREDITED WITH DESTROYING ONE PLANE AND SEVEN TANKS. HE NAMED BOTH HIS P-47 AND HIS P-51 'GEORGIA PEACH'. DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION, AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.