2ASS 1928 Lynbrook, L.I., New York

Major Maurice "Bray" R. Gutman, W2VL, ex-W2BVL (trustee, Nassau Radio Club), W2ASS (1932-1935) and 2ASS.
W2ASS was not listed in the 1930-1931 callbooks (censorship?).

Major Maurice R. Gutman, W2VL, communications officer of a fighter wing, 12th Air Force, is decorated with the Bronze Star Medal by Brig. Gen. Chidlaw, commanding general, for meritorious conduct in connection with military operations in the Mediterranean theater. His citation reads, in part: "Major Gutman's tireless efforts kept communications equipment on Corsica and Sardinia at peak efficiency.
As a result of superior communications maintenance, more than 235 Allied airmen were saved by air sea rescue units of the wing.
-- QST, August 1945, p. 30.
He had numerous patents published in the field of Drainage Systems.

He was born December 19, 1911 in  New York and died January 5, 1973 in New York.

QSL F2VX Collection
Info courtesy of W5KNE