Hometown
Waltham, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
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. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 464 SQUADRON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS FLAK DAMAGED LOCKHEED VENTURA MK II (AE945) CRASHED NEAR EINDHOVEN DURING A BOMBING RAID TO THE PHILLIPS FACTORY IN THAT CITY ON DECEMBER 6, 1942. BURIED AT WOENSEL GENERAL CEMETERY, EINDHOVEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.