Hometown
Wareham, Massachusetts
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO.8 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK ON MAY 16, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 77 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH WHITLEY MK. V (Z9299) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO EMDEN, GERMANY ON NOVEMBER 30, 1941. BURIED AT SAGE WAR CEMETERY, OLDENBERG, LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY. COMMEMORATED AT CENTRE CEMETERY, WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.