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  • Donald M. Gilzinger
  • Foil: 6 Panel: Distinguished Flying Cross Society Column: 3 Line: 59

    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    - Drafted May 1941.
    - Served in US Army Field Artillery May 1941-July 1942.
    - Served in US Army Air Corps July 1942-November 1945.
    - Navigator on B-17. Flew 25 missions over Europe with 8th Air Force, 100th Bomb Group.
    - Flew 11 missions in secret radar work with 803rd Bomb Group, including D-Day over Normandy Coast.
    - Received Distinguished Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
    - Received Distinguished Flying Cross.

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