Last Name:   
Stiles
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First Name: 
Edward L.
Nickname:  
Skip
Born/Died  
October 22, 1919
Hometown:
Struthers, Ohio
Squadron:
Third Squadron
Position: 
Crew Chief
Victories
 
Decorations:
After 55 years, was issued the Bronze Star
Pre AVG: 9th Pursuit Group  --  Graduated from Casey Jones School of Aeronautics
36th Pursuit Squadron - Staff Sgt.
Langley Field, VA
Mitchell Field, NY
AVG Service: In the group of the first 27 men to arrive in Toungoo, Burma - June 27, 1941.  Drove up the Burma Road with a load of ammunition.  Experienced Magwe bombings, Paoshan, Loiwing, Kunming.
Post AVG, WWII:
Left Kunming on June 27, 1942 - Slow Boat from Bombay, Good Hope, Trinidad, and then New York, and then Home.
Post War Career:
Re-entered Army Air Corps as a M/Sgt - Assigned to Richmond Air Base, 327th Fighter Group As line chief 323rd Squadron - Entered flight training in Eastern Flying Training Command - Graduated as B-25 Bomber Pilot, Albany, GA Class of 44J.  Stayed over as Instructor Pilot, sent to Distribution Center, Lincoln, NE.  Discharged September 15, 1945 - Joined Reserves -Obtained indefinite commission -  Did Not Get Called for Korean War. 
Went to work at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., then Weirton Steel as Maintenance Turn Foreman and General Foreman. - Maintained service in Reserves with 910 Troop Carrier Group - 757th Squadron.  Retired as Major in 1971, flying C-119 aircraft.