Hometown
Allston, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 619 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS FLAK DAMAGED ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AVRO LANCASTER MK. 1 (LL977) CRASHED NEAR AACHEN, GERMANY ON A BOMBING RAID TO WESSELING ON JUNE 22, 1944. BURIED AT RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, RHEINBERG, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.