World War II Honoree

Wendell Clifford Waye

Hometown

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

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 BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 51 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK III (LV782) WAS LOST DURING A DAYLIGHT ATTACK ON A KEY ROAD JUNCTION IN THE VILLERS-BOCAGE AREA ON JUNE 30, 1944. BURIED AT BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, CINTHEAUX, CALVADOS, FRANCE. COMMEMORATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY VETERANS MEMORIAL (COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 1946), BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.