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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John Alan Montgomery

Hometown

Port Huron, Michigan

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 FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 6 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (COASTAL COMMAND) WHEN HIS LOCKHEED HUDSON MK IV AIRCRAFT (AE627) CRASHED AND BURNED AT MYTON HOUSE FARM, INGLEBY BARWICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1942. BURIED AT THONABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY, THORNABY-ON-TEES, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.