World War II Honoree

Francis Raymond Hathaway

Hometown

Whitney Point, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

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 22 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 8 AIR OBSERVER SCHOOL, ANCIENNE, QUEBEC WHEN HIS AVRO ANSON MK. 1 (DG893) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION AND CRASHED AT SAINT-NICOLAS, QUEBEC, CANADA ON FEBRUARY 24, 1943. BURIED AT SYLVAN LAWN CEMETERY, GREENE, NEW YORK.