World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Frank Goheen Nelson
Hometown
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
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 A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 9 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AVRO LANCASTER MK III (ED481) CRASHED AT MOOR GATE NEAR HAWNBY IN THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO HAMBURG, GERMANY ON JANUARY 31, 1943. BURIED AT DISHFORTH CEMETERY, DISHFORTH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.