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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Raymond Rogers Foltz

Hometown

Mansfield, Ohio

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, HAGERSVILLE, ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 5, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 425 'ALOUETTE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. III (BJ764) CRASHED AT BEETLEY, NORFOLK WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO HAMBURG, GERMANY ON NOVEMBER 9, 1942. BURIED AT DISHFORTH CEMETERY, DISHFORTH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.