World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Verle Edmond Cline
Hometown
Willows, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
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 A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 1653 HEAVY CONVERSION UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK. III (LM719) CRASHED IN A SNOW STORM AT STOKE ROCHFORD HALL, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND ON APRIL 28, 1945. BURIED AT BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, BROOKWOOD, SURREY, ENGLAND.