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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Harvey Penn

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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 FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 9 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK 1 (ED349) CRASHED AT BEKHAUSEN, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO CLOPPENBURG ON DECEMBER 17, 1942. BURIED AT SAGE WAR CEMETERY, OLDENBERG, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.