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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Scott Grover Cleveland

Hometown

Sidney Center, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 218 'GOLD COAST' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SHORT BROTHERS LTD. STIRLING MK 1 (EF367) CRASHED INTO THE OPERATIONS BLOCK AT ROYAL AIR FORCE CHEDBURGH AIRFIELD, SUFFOLK DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BOCHUM, GERMANY ON MAY 14, 1943. BURIED AT HAVERHILL CEMETERY, HAVERHILL, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND.