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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Edward Everett Hale

Hometown

Seaside, Oregon

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 A NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 214 'FEDERATED MALAY STATES' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK IV (R1759) CRASHED INTO THE NORTH SEA OFF WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE DURING A BOMBING RAID TO HAMBURG, GERMANY ON JANUARY 15, 1942. BURIED AT THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY, THORNABY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.