17 missions February 1945 - 25 April 1945

Air Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster



Jack was a proud Veteran of WWII U.S. Army Air Corps. He was 2nd Lt. Navigator with the 91st Bomb Group, 324th Squadron, 8th Air Force stationed in Bassingbourn. Jack served as the navigator on a B-17G named Lady Freda as a member of William P. Steffens’ crew. Jack flew on 16 Missions. His most memorable non-combat missions were the retrieval of American and British Aircrew POWs from Stalag-Luft One at Barth, Germany on two separate flights returning the British to England, then a return trip to pick up the Americans and take them to an airfield near Paris. (Written by daughter, Lorraine)