Henry
E. 'Pete' Collins - Paper Work
( Submitted
by the Collins' Family )
Captain Henry
E. (Pete) Collins
Henry
E. (Pete) Collins enlisted in the Army Air Corp in August, 1942
and was
put on Active Duty September
16, 1942. After training in Combat
Intelligence, he was assigned
to the 12th Air force in Tunis on October 31,
1943. From this assignment,
he was transferred to the 82nd Fighter Group
on December 14, 1943, and served
with that unit until the end of hostilities
in Europe. After serving with
the 82nd Fighter Group, he requested a transfer
to the far-east to continue
service against the Japanese. The war with Japan
ended while he was in route.
Discharged from the Air Corp. in August, 1945,
he entered the active reserve,
and was recalled to duty in 1950 for the
Korean conflict. Major Henry
E. Collins was killed in the crash of an R-B36 in
the North Atlantic Ocean in
August, 1953. The attached files are from his
personal records maintained
by the family.
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