World War II Honoree

Clinton Landis Pudney

Hometown

Buffalo, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

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. ENLISTED ON OCTOBER 25, 1941 AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO. EARNED HIS AIR GUNNER WING BADGE AT NO. 4 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, FINGAL, ONTARIO ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1942. AWARDED THE GEORGE MEDAL WHEN HE EXTRACTED HIS FELLOW CREW MEMBERS FROM THE BURNING WRECKAGE OF HALIFAX (WI116) AFTER IT CRASHED NEAR THWAITE, NORTH YORKSHIRE ON JANUARY 28, 1943. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 405 'VANCOUVER-EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) FOLLOWING THE CRASH OF HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (HR832) NEAR CLIFTON FARM, YORKSHIRE ON JUNE 16, 1943. BURIED AT ST. MATTHEW CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, SUTTON BRIDGE, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE ST. MATTHEW CHURCH WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL, SUTTON BRIDGE AND ON THE BUFFALO, NEW YORK WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL.