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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John Nicholson Forst

Hometown

Farmingdale, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, HAGGERSVILLE, ONTARIO WHEN HIS AVRO ANSON (RCAF 7186) CRASHED IN A SNOW STORM NEAR SELKIRK, ONTARIO, CANADA ON MARCH 22, 1942. BURIED AT LONG ISLAND NATIONAL CEMETERY, FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK.