CDR ROY S. WHITCOMB, USN
FLIGHT LOG ID: 1409

Highest Personnal Decoration or Award:
Dist. Flying Cross

Theaters/Campaigns:
Atlantic/Pacific

Aircraft:
SBU
SBD
PBM
R5D
PBY

Ship/Units/Deployments:
CV-2 (Old Lex)
VPB-74
VR-8

Associations/Service Organizations:
Assn of Nav Aviation
Ret Officers Assn
Silver Eagles
M. Order World Wars

Significant Achievements:
Attacked & sunk German submarine (U513) in South Atlantic. Captured the Commander and 6 crewmen by dropping life boats & jackets to survivors. Picked up surface ship