Wayne E Rhynard

Military

February 1945-July 1945; former 79th FG pilot, MTO P-5ID-15-NA OC-E 44-15271 "Starduster".



Fly School Class 42-C; 79th FG, 86th FS in MTO (3/43 - 9/43). Flew P-51s in 84 missions for 153 combat hours; at HQ of USAF in Washington D.C. in 1944. At MH from 2/45 - 10/45 in 21 missions for 111 combat hours.



Was Deputy Group Commander for 356th.



Transfered to USAFE as Commander of 357th FG at Munich, Germany.

Then USAF Regular.

Retired as Col. in 1969



DFC/ AMw/ 10 Oak Leaf Cluster



1 in Air; 3 on Ground

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Born

Detroit, Michigan 16 June 1917

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller / self