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Bochkay, Donald Harlow, Lt Col USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Ashtabula, Ohio; North Hollywood, California
Last Address Possibly: San Anselmo, California; Las Vegas or Pahrump, Nevada. (sources differ)
He enlisted in the infantry in 1940 then served in the USAAF until soon after WWII. He joined the USAF in 1956 and retired in 1970. He was officially credited with 13.83 (some sources say 14.84) aerial combat victories. He was also credited with one of the most memorable lines by any 8th AF pilot in WWII. He had obtained some silk underwear and was using it to entice an English barmaid by saying, "Stick with me, honey; and you'll be farting through silk."
(http://acepilots.com/usaaf_eto_aces2.html#Bochkay)
Nothing is known of his USAF career 1956-1970.
The location of his remains is unknown.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
