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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ivor Emerson

Hometown

Kearny, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 30 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 426 'IROQUOIS' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK VII (LW210) BROKE UP IN FLIGHT DUE TO SEVERE ICING AND CRASHED AT YORK, YORKSHIRE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO CHEMNITZ, GERMANY ON MARCH 5, 1945. BURIED AT STONEFALL CEMETERY, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE WWII MEMORIAL AT MEMORIAL PARK, KEARNY, NEW JERSEY.