World War II Honoree

Harry E. Morrissy

Hometown

Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

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 PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON MARCH 25, 1941 AT TORONTO, ONTARIO. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, HAGERSVILLE, ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 5, 1941. AWARDED BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS ACTIONS DURING OPERATIONS TO TURIN, ITALY IN NOVEMBER 1942. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 102 'CEYLON' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HOMEBOUND HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (W7913) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED BETWEEN RESTEIGNE AND GRUPONT, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY ON DECEMBER 3, 1942. BURIED AT FLORENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FLORENNES, NAMUR, BELGIUM.