World War II Honoree

Charles Lloyd Flook

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New Carlisle, Ohio

Honored By

Charles L. Flook

TRANSFERRED FROM THE ARMY AS A PRIVATE AND WAS SELECTED AS CHIEF OF SUPPLY OF THE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED SPECIAL ARMY AIR CORPS UNIT THAT WAS BEING ASSEMBLED AT PATTERSON FIELD. IT WAS DESIGNATED AS THE 'FIRST ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENTAL UNIT' THAT CONSISTED OF 2 OFFICERS AND 33 ENLISTED MEN ASSIGNED TO THE EAST BOSTON AIRPORT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT AND ESTABLISHED A BASE SUPPLY IN BOTH EAST BOSTON AIRPORT AND BEDFORD AIR BASE, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS. IN 1943 THE FIRST ELECTRONIC EXPERIMENTAL UNIT (EEU) WAS TRANSFERRED TO BEDFORD AIR BASE FROM EAST BOSTON AIR BASE UNIT AND MOVED TO BEDFORD AIR BASE WITH LARGER FACILITIES. HE THEN ESTABLISHED A BASE TECHNICAL SUPPLY WAREHOUSE/OFFICE, A QUARTERMASTER WAREHOUSE AND ORDNANCE SUPPLY AT EAST BOSTON AIRPORT AND BEDFORD AIR BASE. ALSO MANAGED THE BASE MOVIE, FUEL STATION AND BASE MESS SERGEANT POSITION. NEAR THE END OF THE WAR WAS TRANSFERRED TO AIR BASE, KELLY FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS; REASSIGNED TO HILL AIR BASE, UTAH AND SUBSEQUENTLY OKLAHOMA AIR BASE, OKLAHOMA TO ASSEMBLE NEW AIR DEPOT GROUPS. SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1946 AT FORT DEVENS, MASSACHUSETTS.