World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Wilbert Ronald Christine
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 253 'HYDERABAD STATE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. IIC (Z3831) CRASHED NEAR LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE ON APRIL 19, 1942. BURIED AT KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY CEMETERY, KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND.