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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Whitney 'Whit' Cushing

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Barrington, Vermont

Honored By

Jeff McCulloh

Relationship

Neighbor

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Enlisted at Dartmouth. Became an aviation cadet and then assigned to navigator school at Ellington Field. Flew in B-24 aircraft and patrolled the East Coast on anti submarine patrol. Assigned to the 15th Air Force (376th Squadron), fought in the European theater of Operations and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. Flew fifty missions and almost crashed into the Black Sea after a raid on Constanta.