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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ellis Hamilton Park

Hometown

Lewisburg, Tennessee

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 22 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. X (HE217) CRASHED AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, WELLESBOURNE MOUNTFORD, WELLSBOURNE, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON MAY 4, 1943. BURIED AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON CEMETERY, STRATFORD-ON-AVON, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND.