World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Samuel Hanan
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 429 'BISON' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. X (HE382) CRASHED AT BORNERBROEK, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DUISBURG, GERMANY ON APRIL 27, 1943. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT ST. STEPHANUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, BORNERBROEK, OVERIJSSEL, THE NETHERLANDS.