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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Geoffrey Winslow Hess

Hometown

New York City, New York

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 FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS AN AIR BOMBER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 101 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS METROPOLITAN VICKERS LANCASTER MK III (DV298) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY ON MARCH 14, 1945. BURIED AT VENRAY WAR CEMETERY, VENRAY, LIMBURG, THE NETHERLANDS.