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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Henry Galipeau

Hometown

Coleraine, Minnesota

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 AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 22 OPERATIONAL TRAINING, UNIT ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK 1C (R1588) FAILED TO RETURN FROM A BOMBING RAID TO BREMEN, GERMANY AND WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE CRASHED IN THE NORTH SEA ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1942. BURIED AT ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, KIRKEBY, ROMO ISLAND, DENMARK.