US Army Air Forces 2LT David Kingsley: Medal of Honor Recipient WWII On June 23, 1944, over the skies of Romania near Ploesti, 2nd Lieutenant David Kingsley served as the bombardier aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress during a dangerous bombing mission. Despite his aircraft being heavily damaged by intense flak, he remained on task and released his bombs with devastating accuracy on critical enemy installations. As the crippled bomber lost altitude and lagged behind formation, it was relentlessly atta