World War II Honoree

Stanley J. Wyglendowski

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Avondale, Arizona

Honored By

Stanley J. Wyglendowski

ARMY AIR CORPS, AIR FORCE. IN JUNE 1941 APPLIED FOR PILOT TRAINING IN AIR CORPS, BUT NOT CALLED TO DUTY UNTIL DECEMBER 13, 1941. UNSUCCESSFUL IN EARNING PILOT'S WINGS, BUT ON MARCH 17, 1943 WAS COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT, ARMY AIR CORPS, AS ARMAMENT AND PHOTO OFFICER. SERVED WITH THE 514TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 406TH FIGHTER GROUP IN THE 9TH AIR FORCE. FROM MARCH 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1945, IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AFTER WWII, JOINED AIR FORCE RESERVES. CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. RETIRED IN RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL, ON JULY 9, 1975.