Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
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. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 26 ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NO. 403 'WOLF' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE (AR440) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION AND CRASHED NEAR PICKERING, NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1942. BURIED AT DISHFORTH CEMETERY, DISHFORTH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.