World War II Honoree

Edward Warren Murphy

Hometown

Sommerville, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS I AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 405 'VANCOUVER-EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ROOTES SECURITIES LTD. HALIFAX MK II (DG228) WAS HIT BY ENEMY FLAK AND CRASHED AT VREDEBEST FARM NEAR NOORDWIJKERHOUT, SOUTH HOLLAND DURING A BOMBING RAID TO KREFELD, GERMANY ON OCTOBER 2, 1942. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT NOORDWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY, NOORDWIJK, SOUTH HOLLAND, THE NETHERLANDS. COMMEMORATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY VETERANS MEMORIAL (COLLEGE OF LAW 1939), BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.