Hormell, Earle Lynn
- Date of birth:
- November 1st, 1914 (Knoxville/Tennessee, United States)
- Date of death:
- December 31st, 1997 (Spartanburg County/South Carolina, United States)
- Service number:
- O-22368
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
Colonel Hormell was a passenger as personal-aide to General Devers in a plane that crashed with 4 generals in Ireland on Jan 15, 1943. Without his intervention the plane would have kept flying over the ocean until it ran out of fuel.
Colonel Hormell retired due to a disability (lost his hearing) after the war ended.
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Bronze Star Medal (BSM)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Emily Poetz
- - Medals
- Jacob L. Devers: A General's Life - James Scott Wheeler
- Unexpected visitors during World War II
- 41-9045 | American Air Museum in Britain
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