World War II Honoree

Bertrand Conner, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Kansas City, Kansas

Honored By

Gordon Bixby and the Conner Family

Relationship

Co-Volunteers, Wings over the Rockies

JOINED THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON JULY 1, 1944. CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY JANUARY 1, 1945, AS A SPECIALTY CREW CHIEF, FLIGHT ENGINEER. SERVED IN GERMANY WITH OCCUPATION FORCES AFTER VICTORY IN EUROPE. STATIONED AT ESCHBORN, GERMANY NEAR FRANKFURT. FLEW ON TRANSPORT PLANES HAULING PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES IN GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY AND ENGLAND UNTIL AUGUST 1946. ALSO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR IN THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AS A MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, MARCH 10, 1951 UNTIL AUGUST 1952 WITH THE RANK OF TECHNICAL SERGEANT. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 1952.