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| 2nd Squadron “Panda Bears” |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (posthumous) |
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U.S. Navy – naval aviator |
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Recruited into the AVG as contract employee of CAMCO under secret presidential authority. Sailed with 122 AVG from the Port of San Francisco aboard the Dutch M/V JAGERSFONTEIN on July 10, 1941. Killed as a result of an aerial collision while engaged in a dogfight training exercise on Sept. 8th. Pallbearers were fellow members of the 2nd Pursuit Squadron who bore Armie’s flag-draped casket to grave #1 at the Airmen’s Cemetery in St. Luke’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Toungoo, Burma. Service conducted by AVG Chaplain Paul W. Frillmann. |
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