World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas O. Windland
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Athens, Ohio
Honored By
Thomas O. Windland
Member of the Air Transport Command. 90 day course in Pursuit Armament. Re-classified in Egypt to airplane engine mechanic. Spent the tour of duty in Northern Africa: Cairo, Khartoum, Sudan, Accra, West Africa (now Ghana). Then to Dakar, Senegal, Casablanca and Morocco. Four-engine specialist: B-17, B-24, C-54 aircraft and B-29 aircraft.