World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Keith Lavon Garman
Hometown
Belleville, Kansas
Honored By
A Grateful American
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 26 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 218 'GOLD COAST' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS FLAK DAMAGED AUSTIN MOTORS LTD. SHORT STIRLING MK. III (BK705) DITCHED INTO THE NORTH SEA WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO DUISBURG, GERMANY ON MAY 13, 1943. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 181 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.