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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Gary Kruse

My dad, Harry Carl Kruse, is a prototypical air enthusiast. From a small Iowa town, his first flight was in a Curtiss Jenny. He flew whenever he could and held a private pilot's license until his 60s.

During World War II, he served with the 8th Air Force, 392nd Bomb Group, 578th Squadron as a mechanic for a B-24 called GI Jane (Pallas Athene). After the war he was a member of the OX5 Aviation Pioneers, the Experimental Aircraft Association, and most proudly, the Sky Haven Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, based at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL.