Foil: 5 Panel: 1 Column: 3 Line: 44
Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
B-17 pilot, 8th Air Force, based in England. Plane disabled in daylight bombing run over Leipzig, Germany, July 7, 1944. Reached Holland, lost 3rd engine, bailed out near village of Vollehoven. With Dutch underground. Moved into Belgium. Captured by Germans in Antwerp. Eventually sent to POW prison Stalag Luft One, north of Berlin.
Flown out of Germany by US Army Air Force plane on May 13, 1945.
Wall of Honor profiles are provided by the honoree or the donor who added their name to the Wall of Honor. The Museum cannot validate all facts contained in the profiles.
Foil: 5
All foil images coming soon. View other foils on our Wall of Honor Flickr Gallery
National Air and Space Museum
6th St. and Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20560
202-633-2214
Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-572-4118
Open daily
10:00 am - 5:30 pm