Crew Number 3. Jack was at Iowa State Teacher's College when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbour and he immediately entered military service. He then worked for two years as a file clerk until there was a call for more gunners. After training he joined his crew and they were deployed to England in January 1945. He was to fly on 22 combat missions; on the very first - to hit the marshalling yards at Chemnitz - they lost an engine and dropped out of formation. Luckily they encountered no German fighters and managed to land on a temporary airstrip in Belgium. After his discharge in September 1945 he started up a mink ranch for the luxury fur trade which eventually became one of the largest in the USA.



Air Medal 3 clusters