World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Wiley Daly
Hometown
Los Angeles, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, HIGH RIVER, ALBERTA WHEN HIS DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH (RCAF 4986) CRASHED NEAR OKATOKS, ALBERTA, CANADA ON JULY 9, 1941. BURIED AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA.