World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Allan Thomas Duke
Hometown
East Orange, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 23 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON (Z1694) CRASHED NEAR WYMESWOLD, LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND ON AUGUST 17, 1943. BURIED AT BOTLEY CEMETERY, BOTLEY, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND.