World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Otis Judson Mohler
Hometown
Bismarck, North Dakota
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NO. 420 'SNOWY OWL' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HALIFAX MK III (MZ502) WAS ATTACKED BY A GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED NEAR OVERPELL, LIMBURG, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BOURG-LEOPOLD ON MAY 28, 1944. BURIED AT HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, HEVERLEE, FLEMISH BRABANT, BELGIUM.