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2nd Lt Ermal L. Pinkley
U. S. Army Air Corps
306 BS, 305 BG
Name is on "Tablets of the Missing" monument at Cambridge American
Cemetery in Cambridge, England. Awarded Purple Heart and Air
Medal. Reported missing in action or Buried at Sea.
Ermal was not recovered from the sea. Service number 2069110.
On the World War II Honor Roll. Ermal's mother was Irma
Pinkley of 215 S Nogales Ave in Tulsa. He was born June 29,
1924 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on April 8, 1943. He
was awarded the Purple Heart and Air Medal posthumously. He
attended Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a member of the Assembly of God
Church. He received his wings and commission at San Marcos,
Texas on August 28, 1944. He served overseas two months as
Navigator-Bombardier. Ermal died on February 3, 1945 in action
over the North Sea on return from a bombing mission over Berlin,
Germany.
Top Row: Bombardier Joe Bowers, Co-Pilot Roy Fred Moullen, Pilot
Daniel G. Shoemaker, Navigator Ermal L. Pinkley
Kneeling: Engineer Ira Roisman, Tail Gunner Gaylin Snyder, Spary Gunner Larry R.
Murrow, Armor and Martin Gunner William Bennett,
Radioman Raymond J. Benton, Nose Gunner Armando O. Cantu.
Basic Training photo of class 44-10. Ermal Pinkley is standing on the
right side. He is the second from the right on the first row of trainees
standing.
This photo is believed to be the training class for B-17 navigators held in
Texas in 1944. Lt Ermal Pinkley is the third from the left on the second
row. Ermal Pinkley received his wings and commission at San Marcos, Texas
on August 28, 1944
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On 3 Feb 1945 B-17 aircraft 42-102555 was badly damaged with flak and
anti-aircraft fire on a bombing run. The plane crashed into the North Sea
after a bombing mission in Germany during World War II. The pilot of the
B17 was 2nd Lt Daniel G. Shoemaker O-573350 (KIA), co-pilot was 2nd Lt Roy F.
"Fred" Moullen )-713536 (RTD), navigator 2nd Lt Ermal L. Pinkley O-2069110
(KIA), Enlisted Crew Members Sgt Armando O. Cantu 38073050 (KIA), SSGT Raymond
J. Benton 37112067 (KIA), Sgt Ira Roisman 3233003 (RTD), Sgt Robert K. Buckley
39466622 (KIA), SSGT Quinto A Bastanzi 31161378 (KIA) and Sgt Gaylen L Snyder
15127378 (KIA). 2nd Lt Fred Moullen and Sgt Ira Roisman were the only two
crew members to survive the crash.
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| Lt Shoemaker was from St. Louis, Missouri. SSgt Quinto A. Bastanzi was
from Warren, Rhode Island. Sgt Robert K. Buckley was from Colville,
Washington. SSgt Raymond J. Benton was from Guthrie Center, Iowa.
Sgt Armando O Cantu was from San Antonio, Texas. 2Lt Ermal L. Pinkley was
from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sgt Gaylen L Snyder was from Massillon, Ohio. |
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