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Home Town Batavia, New York
Last Address San Antonio area, Texas
Date of Passing Aug 31, 1984
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas
He served in the Army Infantry in the early 1930's then went to West Point. He was the pilot of crew #8 on the Doolittle Raid in Apr 1942 and was then interned in the USSR until escaping in May 1943.
He flew combat missions in Europe in 1944 and remained in the USAAF and then the USAF until retiring Sep 2, 1966.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain (Air Corps) Edward J. York (ASN: 0-211511), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Captain York with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force Crew No. 8 (Plane #40-2242, target Tokyo): 95th Bomb Sq. L-R:Lt. Nolan A. Herndon, navigator/bombardier; Capt. Edward J. York, pilot; SSgt. Theodore H. Laban, flight engineer; Lt. Robert G. Emmens, copilot; Sgt. David W. Pohl, gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)
