Hyman Wishkin
Military
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Object Number - UPL 38340 - Hyman “Hy” Wishkin, He was born in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 1921, the son of Louis and Sarah (Corson) Wishkin. During World War II, he...
He was born in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 1921, the son of Louis and Sarah (Corson) Wishkin. During World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps and was stationed at Grenier Air Field in Manchester, where he met the love of his life, Rosalie Eluto. He was a technical sergeant, an AAF engineer, and ball turret gunner on the Eighth AAF's B-17 Flying Fortress "Darlin' Dolly's Daughter." Hy earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for completing more than 30 missions over Europe and continued to remain active in the 95th Bomber Group.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: ETO Happy : Pregnant Goose : Dollys Daughter
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Removed "T/Sgt" from suffix field.
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php
