|
|
| Current Address: |
|
11 Glen Haven Road, East Haven, CT 06513 |
| |
| Email: |
|
|
| |
| Family Information: |
|
Parents: Louis and Elizabeth, Brother: Alfred. Father of Robert, Allan, and Joan. |
| |
| Hometown: |
|
New Haven, CT |
| |
| Date Entered Service: |
|
August 10, 1943 |
| |
| Service Number: |
|
31337523 |
| |
| Bomb Group: |
|
468th |
| |
| Squadron: |
|
792nd |
| |
| Location of Unit: |
|
Ft. Myers. FL - McDill |
| |
| Missions Flown: |
|
7 |
| |
| Hump Missions Flown: |
|
|
| |
| Targets: |
|
Takamatsu, Sendai, Namazu, Takarazuka, Aomori, Hachiogi, Hikari, Ahashi, Alor Star |
| |
| Awards/Decorations: |
|
Air Combat |
| |
| Service Schools Attended: |
|
Airplane Engine Mechanic, Nov., 1943; Airplane Electrical Mechanic, Feb. 1944 |
| |
| Military Specialty(ies): |
|
MOS 737-Flight Engineer VHB, MOS 611-Aerial Gunner |
| |
| Rank Upon Discharge: |
|
S/Sgt |
| |
| Crew Type: |
|
Flight Crew |
| |
| Aircraft Serial No.(s): |
|
|
| |
| Aircraft Name(s): |
|
|
| |
| Were you a POW? |
|
No |
| If so, where? |
|
|
| |
| Were you interned? |
|
No |
| |
| If so, where? |
|
|
| |
| Date transferred from the 58th Bomb Wing: |
|
December, 1945 |
| |
| Post-war Military Service: |
|
None |
| |
| Post-war Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Military aircraft conversion to civilian use, auto mechanic, carpenter, office furniture restoration and repair.
|
| |
| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| It taught me to respect life and my fellow man a lot more. Sometimes you must do things that are repugnant to you, such as the bombing of Japan, but you cannot stand by and let the bombing of Pearl Harbor and other atrocities go unpunished. The price of freedom and our way of life doesn't come cheap. It taught me to take life one day at a time and enjoy my family and friends and do what I can to help them the best I can. |
| |
| Comments: |
|
Lou died on November 3rd 2010 and is buried at All Saints Cemetery in North Haven, CT.
|
 |
|
| C. 2000 |
|
|
