World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Max Mayfield Mills
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri
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 AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT NO. 14 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MANITOBA WHEN HIS DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH (RCAF 4114) CRASHED NEAR OAKVILLE, MANITOBA, CANADA ON JULY 14, 1942. BURIED AT OAK GROVE CEMETERY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.