World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Patrick Kelly Chambers
Hometown
Long Beach, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 432 'LEASIDE-PANTHER' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK X (HZ481) CRASHED NEAR ZOUTLEEUW, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON JULY 4, 1943. BURIED AT HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, LUEVEN, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED AT THE ZOUTLEEUW ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE MEMORIAL.