My Great Uncle Roy was a fighter pilot in WWII who was shot down and killed in 1944. I'd heard his name mentioned in passing from my Grandfather, but up until last week I'd never seen a picture of him. At the family reunion I attended in California recently, one of my Grandfather's other brothers, Harry, brought a picture of my Uncle Roy standing in front of the P-47 he flew. My Great Uncle Harry was also a WWII pilot, trained to fly a B-17, but that was late in the war and he never saw any action. So I gave Harry my info and asked him to send me a scan of the pic of Roy.
I've always wanted to find out more about Roy, and when the American Legion I belong to had plaques you could buy to raise funds that would be embedded into the tables in the new building they're putting up, I had the idea of dedicating one to my Great Uncle Roy. It's great to finally be able to put a face with the name, and it'll be an honor to have his name proudly displayed at my local Legion.
It's not a good scan, but my Great Uncle Harry is 90 and I'm just grateful I could get any copy of the pic I saw last week.
Here's my Great Uncle Harry in front of a B-17.
