World War II Honoree

Michael Pouchak

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Maplewood, New York

Honored By

Michael Lynett

SERVED WITH 449TH BOMB GROUP, (HEAVY) OF THE 47TH WING OF THE 15TH AIR FORCE IN EUROPE. AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER AND TAIL GUNNER ONBOARD A B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER, HE FLEW IN 35 BOMBING MISSIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS IN ROME-ARNO, THE NORTHERN APENNINES, PO VALLEY, RHINELAND AND BALKANS (AIR COMBAT). HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER 1945 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT. FOR HIS SERVICE HE WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH THREE BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH FIVE BRONZE STARS, THE OVERSEAS SERVICE BAR AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.