Soldier Details

Division:

Army Air Corps
, 
8th Air Force, 335 Bomb Sq

Highest Rank:

STAFF SGT

Theater of Operation:

European

Served:

Sep 9, 1942 - Aug 29, 2005

Military Honors:

OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AIR MEDAL, EUROPEAN THEATER
OPERATION (ETO) RIBBON, OAK LEAF CLUSTER—
MIA, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE

Honored By:

Biography

He was attached to the 8th Air Force, 335 Bomb Sq Army Air Force Station 119. He was a B-17 tailgunner He flew 18 bombing missions over occupied Europe. He was shot down on the first daytime bombing mission to Berlin. He was held for nearly 14 months as a prisoner of war at STALAG LUFT III, IV and VI. — he was forced to make a 600-mile march in the middle of one of the coldest winters that Germany has seen in the last 100 years.