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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Samuell Fisk Whedon

Hometown

Hollywood, California

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S./ROYAL AIR FORCE REFRESHER FLYING COURSE AT SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IIA (P8438) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION AND CRASHED NEAR EPWORTH, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND ON APRIL 3, 1942. BURIED AT KIRTON-IN-LINDSAY CEMETERY, KIRTON-IN-LINDSAY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.