Hometown
Portland, Oregon
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 PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 91 'NIGERIA' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK XII (EN223) CRASHED NEAR ST. VALERY, FRANCE ON JANUARY 6, 1944. BURIED AT GRANDCOURT WAR CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE.