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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Francis Weatherford Peterkin

Hometown

Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts

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 22 WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NO. 419 'MOOSE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HALIFAX MK II (JD382) WAS ATTACKED BY A GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT LAUEN, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO KASSEL ON OCTOBER 22, 1943. BURIED AT HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, HANOVER, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY.