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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Enlisted Jan 5, 1942, commissioned 2ndLt Mar 20, 1943. Retired Aug 1, 1970.
Fighter pilot P-40, P-47, P-51. Group Operations Officer 317th Fighter Squadron and 325th Fighter Group headquarters.
Flew 61 credited missions from Italy over Europe, 3 in-air confirmed fighter victories. Pilot on first shuttle bombing mission to Russia. Piloted a C-47 on Berlin Airlift during occupation of Germany.
- Military advisor to Turkey 1951-1954.
- Deputy Chief of Operations 4081st Strategic Wing, Strategic Air Command (SAC), 1965.
- Commander 26 AREFS, SAC, 1963-1965.
- Commander 1st Military Airlift Squadron, Military Airlift Command 1966-1970 (C-133 Cargomaster aircraft).
- Served on Special SAC Planning Group.
5000 combat hours [sic] during Vietnam conflict.
Awarded over 40 military decorations, 15 for heroism in aerial combat including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, one in World War II, the other in Vietnam.
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