World War II Honoree

Roger Wallace Haven

Hometown

Malden, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED IN 1941 AT MONTREAL, QUEBEC. EARNED HIS WIRELESS/AIR GUNNER WING BADGE AT NO. 3 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, MACDONALD, MANITOBA. RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS A FLYING OFFICER IN APRIL 1943. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 608 'NORTH RIDING' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HOMEBOUND LOCKHEED HUDSON (AE641) CRASHED NEAR CHIRAGA, ALGERIA DURING AN ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL ON MAY 16, 1943. BURIED AT EL ALIA CEMETERY, OUED SMAR, ALGIERS, ALGERIA.