World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Smith Wilson
Hometown
Trenton, New Jersey
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 168 'HEAVY TRANSPORT' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FERRY COMMAND) WHEN HIS CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR MK VI (EW148) CRASHED IN SHANNON STREET, MONTREAL DURING A FLIGHT FROM DORVAL, QUEBEC TO INDIA ON APRIL 25, 1944. BURIED AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY, EWING, NEW JERSEY.