World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Edison Cole
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kansas City, Missouri
Honored By
Larry C. Cole
Relationship
Son
SERGEANT IN MOTOR POOL, BECAME A B-26 PILOT. WAS SHOT DOWN OVER FRANCE, WAS PUT UP BY A FARMER FOR 3 MONTHS AND THEN THE BRITISH PICKED HIM UP, DEBRIEFED HIM, SENT HIM TO EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, AND BACK TO THE USA. HE STAYED IN THE RESERVE SERVICE AND CHANGED OVER TO THE U.S. AIR FORCE IN 1947.