Col US Air Force
WWII POW
8th USAAF [The "Mighty Bombers"], 389th Bombardment Group, Flying B‑24 Liberators, out of Old Buckenham Airfield, England
He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1939. Among his military awards and decorations were the Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with OLC; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and Air Commendation Medal.
He was predeceased by his parents, COL Robert Wilson Sears (1883-1979) and Marguerite Hume Sears (1886-1977); his wife, Emma Mary Hoch Sears; and his two brothers, Roderick Hamilton Sears and David Hume Sears. He was survived by two daughters; two sons; a daughter-in-law; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
Col US Air Force
WWII POW
8th USAAF [The "Mighty Bombers"], 389th Bombardment Group, Flying B‑24 Liberators, out of Old Buckenham Airfield, England
He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1939. Among his military awards and decorations were the Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with OLC; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; Prisoner of War Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and Air Commendation Medal.
He was predeceased by his parents, COL Robert Wilson Sears (1883-1979) and Marguerite Hume Sears (1886-1977); his wife, Emma Mary Hoch Sears; and his two brothers, Roderick Hamilton Sears and David Hume Sears. He was survived by two daughters; two sons; a daughter-in-law; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
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