At the end of the war, he was a Corporal in the 67th Fighter Squadron. He was an 'Airplane Armorer 911'.

The job is described as: MOS 911 Airplane Armorer : "Inspects and performs 1st and 2nd echelon maintainence on all armament within the unit, and loads bombs and ammunition in aircraft.

He served in : Bismarck Archipelago, China, New Guinea, Northern Solomons, Southern Philippines, Luzon, Western Pacific Air Combat.

He received the following decorations and citations: Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon w/8 Bronze Stars

Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/1 Bronze Star. Good Conduct Ribbon

He did not receive any wounds in action. He was discharged at the end of the war on Oct. 26, 1945. His transcript says his birth date is 23 Apr. 1922. He was born in 1923. He had auburn hair and brown eyes. He enlisted on 11 June 1942.

The picture attached: It appears as though Bernard was working on the P-38F or P-38G plane which was also called the Lockheed 'Lightning", I believe the gun he is working on was the 20 mm canon. You can see two of the four .50 caliber guns on the nose which appear smaller in size.

Bernard J Sullivan