Military Service: Army, Rank: 2nd Lieutenant, Fighter Pilot, awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Cross Medals.
Age at time of death: 23 yrs
Cause of death: Killed in Action; World War II
Pilot training at Spence Field, California, finishing in December 1943. Deployed to North Africa. Assigned to the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Corsia to fly recon missions over the south of France in support of Operation Anvil Dragoon. Shot down at 6:50 pm on 22 Aug 44 while flying his Mustang P-51-F6A accompanied by his flight leader, Roy Simmons, in another Mustang.
Married: Ruth Jean Bossardet on September 1, 1938 in Dekalb County, Indiana
Age at time of death: 23 yrs
Cause of death: Killed in Action; World War II
Pilot training at Spence Field, California, finishing in December 1943. Deployed to North Africa. Assigned to the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Corsia to fly recon missions over the south of France in support of Operation Anvil Dragoon. Shot down at 6:50 pm on 22 Aug 44 while flying his Mustang P-51-F6A accompanied by his flight leader, Roy Simmons, in another Mustang.
Married: Ruth Jean Bossardet on September 1, 1938 in Dekalb County, Indiana
Military Service: Army, Rank: 2nd Lieutenant, Fighter Pilot, awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Cross Medals.
Age at time of death: 23 yrs
Cause of death: Killed in Action; World War II
Pilot training at Spence Field, California, finishing in December 1943. Deployed to North Africa. Assigned to the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Corsia to fly recon missions over the south of France in support of Operation Anvil Dragoon. Shot down at 6:50 pm on 22 Aug 44 while flying his Mustang P-51-F6A accompanied by his flight leader, Roy Simmons, in another Mustang.
Married: Ruth Jean Bossardet on September 1, 1938 in Dekalb County, Indiana
Age at time of death: 23 yrs
Cause of death: Killed in Action; World War II
Pilot training at Spence Field, California, finishing in December 1943. Deployed to North Africa. Assigned to the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron in Corsia to fly recon missions over the south of France in support of Operation Anvil Dragoon. Shot down at 6:50 pm on 22 Aug 44 while flying his Mustang P-51-F6A accompanied by his flight leader, Roy Simmons, in another Mustang.
Married: Ruth Jean Bossardet on September 1, 1938 in Dekalb County, Indiana
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