Edgar E. McElroy, Lt. Col., U.S.A.F. (Ret.) of Lubbock, passed away at his residence early in the morning of Friday, April 4, 2003. Visitation will be at Rix Funeral Directors from 2 until 4 p. m. Sunday.
Military services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in DFW National Cemetery. Mac was born in Ennis, Texas, to Harry G. and Jennie S. McElroy on March 24, 1912.
His love of aviation caused him to enter the U.S. Army Air Corps and receive pilot training prior to World War II. At the outbreak of the war, he volunteered with Lt. Col.
Jimmy Doolittle to take part in the famous attack on the Japanese homeland from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He piloted aircraft Number 13 on that mission and spent most of World War II flying "the hump." Following 22 years of distinguished service, he retired from the U.S. Air Force as a highly decorated Lt. Colonel, and a command pilot.
He was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. Mac moved to Lubbock with his wife, Agnes, who taught at MacKenzie Junior High School, and he became employed by S & R Auto Supply as a salesman.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years; two sons, Ed Junior and wife Sharon of Plano, and Rick and wife Lynda of Colleyville; three grandchildren, Donna Hatch, Ronald McElroy, and Jason McElroy; and three great-grandchildren, Savanah, Nicole, and Kyle Hatch.United States Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He was one of Doolittle's Raiders who bombed Tokyo Japan on April 18, 1942.
You can read his story at the following web site:
Lt. Col. Edgar E. McElroy, Ret.
Military services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in DFW National Cemetery. Mac was born in Ennis, Texas, to Harry G. and Jennie S. McElroy on March 24, 1912.
His love of aviation caused him to enter the U.S. Army Air Corps and receive pilot training prior to World War II. At the outbreak of the war, he volunteered with Lt. Col.
Jimmy Doolittle to take part in the famous attack on the Japanese homeland from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He piloted aircraft Number 13 on that mission and spent most of World War II flying "the hump." Following 22 years of distinguished service, he retired from the U.S. Air Force as a highly decorated Lt. Colonel, and a command pilot.
He was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. Mac moved to Lubbock with his wife, Agnes, who taught at MacKenzie Junior High School, and he became employed by S & R Auto Supply as a salesman.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years; two sons, Ed Junior and wife Sharon of Plano, and Rick and wife Lynda of Colleyville; three grandchildren, Donna Hatch, Ronald McElroy, and Jason McElroy; and three great-grandchildren, Savanah, Nicole, and Kyle Hatch.United States Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He was one of Doolittle's Raiders who bombed Tokyo Japan on April 18, 1942.
You can read his story at the following web site:
Lt. Col. Edgar E. McElroy, Ret.
Edgar E. McElroy, Lt. Col., U.S.A.F. (Ret.) of Lubbock, passed away at his residence early in the morning of Friday, April 4, 2003. Visitation will be at Rix Funeral Directors from 2 until 4 p. m. Sunday.
Military services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in DFW National Cemetery. Mac was born in Ennis, Texas, to Harry G. and Jennie S. McElroy on March 24, 1912.
His love of aviation caused him to enter the U.S. Army Air Corps and receive pilot training prior to World War II. At the outbreak of the war, he volunteered with Lt. Col.
Jimmy Doolittle to take part in the famous attack on the Japanese homeland from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He piloted aircraft Number 13 on that mission and spent most of World War II flying "the hump." Following 22 years of distinguished service, he retired from the U.S. Air Force as a highly decorated Lt. Colonel, and a command pilot.
He was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. Mac moved to Lubbock with his wife, Agnes, who taught at MacKenzie Junior High School, and he became employed by S & R Auto Supply as a salesman.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years; two sons, Ed Junior and wife Sharon of Plano, and Rick and wife Lynda of Colleyville; three grandchildren, Donna Hatch, Ronald McElroy, and Jason McElroy; and three great-grandchildren, Savanah, Nicole, and Kyle Hatch.United States Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He was one of Doolittle's Raiders who bombed Tokyo Japan on April 18, 1942.
You can read his story at the following web site:
Lt. Col. Edgar E. McElroy, Ret.
Military services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in DFW National Cemetery. Mac was born in Ennis, Texas, to Harry G. and Jennie S. McElroy on March 24, 1912.
His love of aviation caused him to enter the U.S. Army Air Corps and receive pilot training prior to World War II. At the outbreak of the war, he volunteered with Lt. Col.
Jimmy Doolittle to take part in the famous attack on the Japanese homeland from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet. He piloted aircraft Number 13 on that mission and spent most of World War II flying "the hump." Following 22 years of distinguished service, he retired from the U.S. Air Force as a highly decorated Lt. Colonel, and a command pilot.
He was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. Mac moved to Lubbock with his wife, Agnes, who taught at MacKenzie Junior High School, and he became employed by S & R Auto Supply as a salesman.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years; two sons, Ed Junior and wife Sharon of Plano, and Rick and wife Lynda of Colleyville; three grandchildren, Donna Hatch, Ronald McElroy, and Jason McElroy; and three great-grandchildren, Savanah, Nicole, and Kyle Hatch.United States Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He was one of Doolittle's Raiders who bombed Tokyo Japan on April 18, 1942.
You can read his story at the following web site:
Lt. Col. Edgar E. McElroy, Ret.
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