World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Orville Orson Warren
Hometown
Kansas City, Missouri
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 10 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH WHITLEY MK V (Z9472) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING AN ANTI-SHIPPING PATROL ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 102 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.