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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Jessup Harrell

Hometown

Eastman, Georgia

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 PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, UPLANDS (OTTAWA), ONTARIO ON OCTOBER 24, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 405 'VANCOUVER-EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (W1113) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT NOORDWOLDE, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BREMEN, GERMANY ON JUNE 30, 1942. BURIED AT NOORDWOLDE PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, WESTSTELLINGWERF, FRIESLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.