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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Leslie George Griffith

Hometown

Framington, Michigan

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 24 WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NO. 426 'THUNDERBIRD' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK VII (NP709) WAS SHOT DOWN BY ENEMY FLAK DURING A BOMBING RAID TO OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY ON NOVEMBER 1, 1944. BURIED AT RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, RHEINBERG, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.