Warbird Information Exchange

Born October 27,1921, Lt. Malone lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin until his enlistment in the service. He loved photography and studied physics at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin. He left college the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked and joined the Army Air Forces. Lt. Malone got his wings and commission at Victoria Field, Texas in September’ 1942 and spent the next three years at bases in the United States. He was sent to Millville for P-47 training in June 1945. He had the option to go home after Japan surrendered but chose to stay because of rumors of war with Russia. On September 24, 1945, he was on a gunnery training mission on a range near Shaws Mill Pond. He was unable to pull out of a dive on his third attack on the target and was killed instantly when his airplane hit the ground behind the target.

I borrowed this from the Millville army airfield museum website.
http://www.p47millville.org

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