World War II Honoree

Wilfrid Phelps 'Bill' Comrie

Hometown

Fargo, North Dakota

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. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 18, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 102 'CEYLON' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (JB848) LOST CONTROL IN THE SLIPSTREAM OF ANOTHER HALIFAX AND CRASHED AT WEST GREEN, YORKSHIRE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON MARCH 29, 1943. BURIED AT ST. CATHERINE CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, BARMBY ON THE MOOR, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT THE ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL, STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS, BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA.