BRANCH OF SERVICE
Army Air Corps (Army Air Forces)

RANK
Second Lieutenant

HOMETOWN
Paoli, IN

HONORED BY
Grateful American

World War II Veteran.Entered service on 9 December 1941 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky.Trained at Cal-Aero Flight Academy Ontario,California. Commissioned as a 2nd LT. June 1942. Flew with the 93rd Fighter Squadron 81st Fighter Group at Goxhill,Lincolnshire,England.Pilot of Bell aircraft P-39[P-400]Airacobra BX195. Crashed on 2 November 1942 near Settle,England[engine failure]Directed his aircraft away from the town and baled out to late for the chute to fully open.He was killed instantly.