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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Edmund A. Gonshor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Alden Station, Pennsylvania

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED FROM APRIL 10, 1943 UNTIL OCTOBER 25, 1945. SERVED WITH THE 360TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 303RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP, HEAVY, 8TH AIR FORCE. SERVED ABOARD A B-17 FLYING 19 COMBAT MISSIONS AS A FLIGHT MAINTENANCE TOP TURRET GUNNER. WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1944 AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR. WAS HELD AT FRANKFURT LIMBURG, GERMANY; STALAG LUFT X11A, SAGAN, GERMANY; STALAG LUFT X11A; STALAG X111D, MOOSBURG, GERMANY; STALAG V11A. AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.