Description: Bernard S. Proctor and one (1) other man eating at a table outside in an enclosed area near the beach. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_E
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Beaches; Buildings; Porches; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Bernard S. Proctor, one (1) other man, and two (2) women relaxing on a beach in Italy with several buildings behind them. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_C
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; Women; Beaches; Buildings; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: Bernard S. Proctor, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., and two (2) United States Air Force officers sitting around a table in a building. The man sitting next to Proctor has a drink and a cigar in hand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B02F27_H
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Davis, Benjamin O.; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; People; Buildings; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force
Places: Italy
 

Description: A headshot of a young Bernard S. Proctor in uniform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS23_B03F17_A
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Proctor, Bernard Shaw; Tuskegee Airmen; World War II; 99th Pursuit Fighter Squadron; 332nd Fighter Group; Men; United States Army Air Corps; United States Air Force; Military uniforms
Places: Italy
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke playing golf with other Army Air Forces members. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_001
Subjects: Golf; Airmen; Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke on a tennis court with other Army Air Forces members, either before or after playing a game. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_004
Subjects: Tennis; Airmen; Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke and an Army Air Forces member identified in handwriting as Earl Miller. Other photographs of Earl P. Miller, a pilot in the 94th Bombardment Group to which Parke belonged, do not support this identification. The person in this photograph with Parke remains unknown. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_010
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Airmen; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke and fellow navigator Paul B. Goscewski. Goscewski was stationed in Matching, England with the 391st Bombardment Group. Matching is located in Essex County, and Parke was stationed in Rougham, a town in the county just south of Essex. The 391st arrived in England in January of 1944 and stayed until September. The two men would have been in England at the same time and could have met there. This photograph was taken in the U.S., since Parke had permanently returned from England in 1944. During the month of April 1945, Parke completed a course at Ellington Field in Texas, and then returned to Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus, Ohio. Victory in Europe Day was declared less than a month later on May 8th, 1945. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_015
Subjects: Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; Airmen; 391st Bombardment Group; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military
Places: England; Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of C. Walder Parke playing golf with other Army Air Forces members. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B03F02_006
Subjects: Golf; Airmen; Parke, Charles Walder, 1924-1996; United States Air Force; Military uniforms; Air pilots, Military