Foreign Awards: French - Croix De Guerre, with Bronze Star
Headquarters 53rd Troop Carrier Wing
Before the war, CPT Aigner graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1939. CPT Aigner served as a Co Pilot on Horsa Glider Jl-161 and crashed with the Pilot and two members from the 82nd Airborne Division near Blosville, France due to German gun fire.
The Pilot and a passenger survived, but the Pilot died in Holland, during Operation Market Garden.
Foreign Awards: French - Croix De Guerre, with Bronze Star
Headquarters 53rd Troop Carrier Wing
Before the war, CPT Aigner graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 1939. CPT Aigner served as a Co Pilot on Horsa Glider Jl-161 and crashed with the Pilot and two members from the 82nd Airborne Division near Blosville, France due to German gun fire.
The Pilot and a passenger survived, but the Pilot died in Holland, during Operation Market Garden.
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Entered the service from Virginia.
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