Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Janesvill, Wisconsin
Honored By
Mr. Gordon Adee
THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 453RD BOMB GROUP, 732ND SQUADRON. STATIONED IN OLD BUCKINGHAM, ENGLAND. ON HIS 26TH MISSION HE FLEW OVER GERMANY AND WAS HIT BY FLAK. PLANE CRASHED, TAIL WAS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE PLANE. HE WAS A TAIL GUNNER, PARACHUTED OUT AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE GERMANS. A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG 1 AND 4 FOR 1 YEAR. ALL THE REST WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH.