World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Lyle Wilmont Hicks
Hometown
Barrington, Illinois
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 BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. AWARDED 1939-1945 STAR, AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, DEFENSE MEDAL, CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL AND CLASP AND WAR MEDAL. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NO. 426 'THUNDERBIRD' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH LANCASTER MK II (DS794) CRASHED INTO LAKE IJSSEL IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON FEBRUARY 16, 1944. BURIED AT HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY, HARDERWIJK, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.