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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Aubrey Melville Mills

Hometown

Beleville, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful American

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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 GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 431 'IROQUOIS' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. III (MZ597) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT KLEINVILLAH, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO HAMBURG ON JULY 29, 1944. BURIED AT HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, HANOVER, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.