Burke, Ernest A.

Ernest A. Burke. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 100th Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group. 4 September 1924 - 13 April 1945. As aerial gunner and crew chief of a C-47, served in campaigns of Rome-Arno, Southern France, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe, to fall in action at Nieheim, Westphalia, Germany. He lies at Margraten, Holland. Bangor High, 1942. Student at University of Maine. Air Medal with three clusters. Purple Heart. 31317911https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1101/thumbnail.jp