World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Donald David George Bidwell
Hometown
Wells River, Vermont
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 26 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON (HF519) CRASHED NEAR LLANDWROG, GWYNEDD, WALES ON MAY 16, 1944. BURIED AT BLACON CEMETERY, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND.