He was ssigned overseas to Gosfield, England. During all of 1944, and into 1945, he bravely flew 65+ missions over Germany as an A-20 pilot with the 410th Bomb Group, and he received the Distinguished Flying Cross for safely bringing back his aircraft and crew after his plane had sustained heavy flak damage.
According to his two gunners, it was "miraculous" that they arrived back at all, because the fuselage was so badly shot up, including one engine out, (of a 2-engine plane) much of the tail shot away, and a jammed landing gear. He was also awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service during "D-Day" and the Battle of the Bulge, flying two-a-day mission