Hometown
Upper Darby, 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 BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 28 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 1667 HEAVY CONVERSION UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER (W4904) DISINTEGRATED IN FLIGHT AND CRASHED AT LITTLE COCKHILL FARM, NEAR EDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1943. BURIED AT STONEFALL CEMETERY, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE LANCASTER W4904 MEMORIAL, OLD EDLINGTON VILLAGE, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.