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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Donald Joseph Bevan

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Honored By

Tex Seamon

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

HE SERVED IN ENGLAND AND WAS A WAIST GUNNER ON A B-17 AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE OF HIS ARTISTIC ABILITIES HE PAINTED AIRCRAFT NOSE-ART AND DREW CARICATURES OF HIS FELLOW AIRMEN. ON APRIL 17TH, 1943 HIS B-17 WAS SHOT DOWN AND HE SPENT TWO YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ENDING UP AT STALAG 17-B.