#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Errol B. Crossman

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Errol B. Crossman.

Errol joined the Army and went into the Army Air Corps on February 4^th 1943. By September 1943, he had earned his Air Crew Member wings and qualified as an Aerial Gunner and Air Crew member.

He arrived in England in July 1944 assigned to 330^th Squadron, 93^rd Bomb Group as the radio Operator and Nose Gunner in B-24s.

He flew 30 missions over France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Denmark.

Errol returned to the United States and was reassigned to Lawton Army Airlfield, Laredo, Texas as a Gun Instructor Specialist.

He was honorably discharged on October 23, 1945. He returned to Connecticut where he still resides.

Thank you for your service, Errol!

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