Title
"Missing Cleveland Youth Given Cross; Once on Yorktown"
Description
Newspaper article about Charles Bonness receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The medal (2025.4.23) and ribbon bar (2025.4.24) came in the original blue, leather box with cream velvet lining. Also in the box was this newspaper clipping about Charles Bonness receiving the medal.
The medal (2025.4.23) and ribbon bar (2025.4.24) came in the original blue, leather box with cream velvet lining. Also in the box was this newspaper clipping about Charles Bonness receiving the medal.
Collection
Charles Bonness Collection
Context
Charles Bonness was a seaman 2/c class aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and a rear-gunner aboard an SBD Dauntless in Scouting Squadron Five (VS-5). Bonness was reported missing in action after the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942.
Accession #
2025.4
