World War II Honoree

Christy Anthony D'Andrea

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lorain, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENLISTED IN THE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1942. RECEIVED TRAINING AT CASEY JONES SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS, WRIGHT PATTERSON FLIGHT SCHOOL, MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS SCHOOL OF AERONAUTIC MECHANICS IN NEW YORK, CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRPLANE DIVISION SCHOOL (GAINING CERTIFICATION TO WORK ON THE P-40), ALLISON DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL TRAINING, AND THE BELL AIRPLANE SCHOOL IN FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. RECEIVED NUMEROUS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION THAT ENABLED HIM TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR ALL THE AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING THE P-51. ACHIEVED THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JANUARY 3, 1946.