Pace, Raymond R.

has been awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster to his air medal, for 'courage, coolness and skill' while participating in bombing missions against military and industrial targets in Germany. He is a ball turret gunner on an Eight Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in the 385th Bombardment Group. He is 22 years of age and the son of Mrs. Abbie Lou Pace Douthat Oklahoma. He is married to the former Miss Beatrice E. Tippie of Anderson Missouri, which he now calls his home. He attended Picher high school...