|
Please pray for our Air Force heros and their families . . . Here are some Air Force / Air Corps people of interest . . .
USAF & Air Force Reserves
Air National Guard |
Colonel Coira commanded
the
40th Bombardment Group in 1944 Col. Coira also commanded
the
10th Air Division in 1957 |
MAJOR
GENERAL
LOUIS E. COIRA USAF
Lock Haven High 1933
Major General Louis E. Coira (Ret. 1971) served in the Pentagon when the USAF was created
in 1947. Born in Bloomsburg, General Coira went to high school with my father, Kenneth J. Poorman, in Lock Haven PA.
|
Lou Coira Obit 2009
|
Capt.
John L. Poorman Pilot - Air Rescue
|
|
Colonel
Fred Lakner
Lock Haven PA
Pilot - WWII
1921-2007
Distinguished Flying Cross;
Purple Heart; Air Medal with Clusters; Prisoners of War Medal; European-African Campaign Medal with Four Bronze Stars; American
Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and others . . .
|
|
|
I had the honor of working
with Col. Lakner for about five years when we both worked for the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in Altoona Pa.
Our offices were at 3615 Beale Avenue. Fred was a Construction Foreman for the Altoona District, and I was a Claims
Represenative for 13 Counties. Fred was highly respected as a war hero. Look around, you never know who is walking
among you. I was fortunate to know Fred, and a few other war heros. We would not be speaking English now if it
were not for them.
|
|
| 1945 |
|
MSGT Cunio
O Masorti
Castanea Pa
|
| 1956 |
|
|
| 1968 |
|
SGT Cunio O Masorti
U S Army Air Forces
Sep 1942 - Nov 1945
Air Transport
Command, Buckley Field, Denver, Colorado, Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, Gore Field, Great Falls, Montana
|
U S Air Force
Dec 1947 - Jul 1972
Air Force Base Unit- Reading, PA
Weaver AFB / Rapid City AFB / Ellsworth AFB, SD
(All the same location-just different names); Temporary
duty stations-Texas, England, California, Washington, Guam, Sheppard AFB, TX, Pease AFB, NH, Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam, Holloman
AFB, NM, Spangdahlem AB, Germany
|
George H.
Hazel 1929-2006 Mill Hall High School 1947 22 Years Service USAF
Pennsylvania Air National Guard |
|
|
|
Edward A. Dayton
Renovo, Pa. USAF
Military Police
Da Nang AB, Vietnam
1966-67
Ed was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received during a rocket attack on the Air Base at
DaNang in 1966. He retired from the Air Force in 1983 after 26 years of service. Thanks Ed! Vietnam Security Police Association, Inc. |
|
Robert Perry
18 Jan 1920 - 20 July 2011 Hollidaysburg PA Bob and I worked together at Bell Telephone, 3615
Beale Ave, Altoona PA from 1973 to 1977. Bob was Supervisor of the Supply Department. Very good egg.
Bye Old Fly Boy.
| Ronald J. Poorman |
|
| Living in New Jersey |
Ron Poorman Bio
|
Ronald J. Poorman
Ron was with the 553rd Air Force Band |
|
