World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
George Franklyn Nixon
Hometown
St. Clair, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 57 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (JB681) CRASHED AT LUHME, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON JANUARY 3, 1944. BURIED AT BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, BERLIN, GERMANY.