Hometown
Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
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 A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO ON JUNE 16, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 9 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK III (X3759) CRASHED AT SAPISTON, SUFFOLK WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON APRIL 23, 1942. BURIED AT ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, HONINGTON, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND.