Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
LaGrange, Indiana
Honored By
Wava L. Albright
Relationship
Sister
CO-PILOT ASSIGNED WITH V BOMBER COMMAND, 38TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (M), 71ST BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (M) STATIONED AT DURAND FIELD, NEW GUINEA. ONE OF TWO KILLED WHEN B-25D-1 MITCHELL BOMBER (S/N 41-30240) HE WAS CO-PILOTING WAS DAMAGED BY JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AND TWO ZERO FIGHTERS AFTER BOMBING SIMPSON HARBOR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN ON NOVEMBER 2, 1943 AND DITCHED AT SEA.