Bill Wynne is retired after 50 years of professional photography. After his
experience in the 26th Photo Recon Squadron, he spent 7 years with the
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics (now NASA) flying flight
icing research missions and working on other research programs, testing
and developing equipment, still used in modern aircraft. Bill worked as a
photo journalist and photographer/writer with the Cleveland PLAIN
DEALER for 31 years and returned to NASA for four more years before
retiring to write his memoir, Yorkie Doodle Dandy.
William "Bill" A. Wynne is an author, decorated World War II veteran, dog trainer, photographer, award winning photojournalist, and
community advocate. He also owned and trained one of the most famous dogs in
history - Smoky - Yorkie Doodle Dandy
WW II (January 12, 1943 - November 27, 1945)
Served 24 months in the Southwest Pacific and Far East with
the 26th Photo Recon Squadron of the 6th Photo Recon Group as a lab technician and as a camera installer on F-5/P-38 Lightning reconnaissance planes at New Guinea, Biak Island, Luzon, Okinawa and Korea.
As an aerial photographer, he flew 13 combat missions with the 3rd Emergency
Rescue Squadron from Biak Island to Ceram, Halmahera, Celebes, Borneo, and Mindanao between September and December of 1944.
He was awarded two U.S. Presidential Unit Citations and eight Battle Stars.