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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Arthur Edgar Emile Gourdeau

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

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 FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 427 'LION' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. III (LW618) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED NEAR HOHENROTH, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO NUREMBERG ON MARCH 31, 1944. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, HANOVER, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.