World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
William Benzie Forbes Climie
Hometown
Los Angeles, 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 AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 434 'BLUENOSE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ROOTES SECURITIES LTD. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. V (EB255) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 4./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED NEAR TONGEREN, LIMBURG, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY ON AUGUST 23, 1943. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, HEVERLEE, LEUVEN, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM.