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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Julius Lee Wyatt

Hometown

Jacksonville, Texas

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 SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, UPLANDS (OTTAWA), ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 19, 1941. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 1 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AIRSPEED OXFORD MK. II (AB641) WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DURING TAKE-OFF AT NO. 12 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, SPITALGATE, LINCOLNSHIRE ON MARCH 15, 1942. BURIED GRANTHAM CEMETERY, GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND.