World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Edwards Higginbotham
Hometown
South Orange, New Jersey
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 UNDER TRAINING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 3 ELEMENTARY FLYING SCHOOL, LONDON, ONTARIO WHEN HIS FLEET FINCH MK II (RCAF 4528) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION AND CRASHED NEAR THE AIRFIELD ON NOVEMBER 25, 1940. BURIED AT ROSEDALE CEMETERY, ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. COMMEMORATED IN THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL BOOK (CLASS OF 1939), SEELEY G. MUDD MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.