Francis J. Perkins |
This blog, Daisy Mae B24 Bomber, WWII, is dedicated to the men who fought WWII from the air for the 11th Bomb Group, the 42nd Squadron, (the Grey Geese) 7th Air Force, formally the 7th Army Air Corps, from Pearl Harbor until VJ Day.
The Daisy Mae included a crew of ten on that fateful day including a Photographer, who lost his life.
The crew was:
Pilot: Lt. Joseph A Gall
Co-Pilot: Flt Officer John N Van Horn
Navigator: Lt. Benjamin I. Weiss
Bombardier: Lt. Myron W. Jensen
S.Sgt. Arvid B. Ambur Flight Engineer
Sgt: George Hutman Gunner ( I believe he was the tail gunner)
Pvt: Robert L. Patterson Radio Man
SSgt: Francis J. Perkins Jr. Ball Turret Gunner / Armorer
S.Sgt: Robrt B. Storts Nose Gunner
S.Sgt Earl W. Conley Waist Gunner
Sgt Joesph P. (Pop) Evans, Photographer
This is a dedication to to SSGT Francis J Perkins, who along with the brave crew of the Daisy Mae, flew their last mission in Saturday, July 24,1943 at 4AM.
Francis J. Perkins died on July 30, 2012 in New Port Richey, Florida. He received 69 bonus years of life thanks to the intelligence, bravery and sacrifice of everyone on that crew.
Francis is survived by Wayne, Wendy, Lorri, and Wanda Perkins and preceded by his wife Elaine, and his eldest daughter, Linda Elaine Perkins.
He was a great Dad. Thanks to the heroics of the brave men on his crew and his buddies fighting their way to their targets on Wake Island all the way back to Midway,
our family and our familes were a result of their surviving the battle.
I know right now he is with the heroic crew of the Daisy Mae and with Mom, Linda, his brother Bob who perished over Germany and his older brother Jim who fought with Patton's Army in WWII.
Wayne Francis Perkins,
Another Loving Son of the Daisy Mae
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