CHARLES STANLEY "CHUCK" DOWNEY
Deceased
Rate/Rank
CAPT
Service Branch
USN 10/1942 - 00/1945
USNR 00/1947 - 00/1975
Speciality
NAVAL AVIATOR Born
08/02/1924BRIDGEPORT, CT
YOUNGEST NAVAL AVIATOR IN WORLD WAR II
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
NAVAL TRAINING STATION, MEMPHIS, TN
NAVAL AIR STATION, PENSACOLA, FL
NAVAL AIR STATION, GLENVIEW, IL
USS TICONDEROGA CV-14
USS HANCOCK CV-19
USS INTREPID CV-11
CO, XO, ATTACK SQUADRON-722 * VS-721, NAS, GLENVIEW, IL
ASSISTANT COMMANDER, AIR WING 72
US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, RI
INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR, SQUADRON VS-724
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS NAVY
AIR MEDAL NAVY
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL NAVY
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL NAVY