World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Leslie Arthur Green
Hometown
Montgomery, Alabama
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 1664 HEAVY CONVERSION UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK V (DG363) CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SEA OFF SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON AUGUST 7, 1944. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 246 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.