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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Charles Francis Nash

Hometown

Portsmouth, Virginia

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 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN AND SERVED AS A PILOT UNDER TRAINING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 8 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK WHEN HIS NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD MK. II (BW187) CRASHED NEAR NEWCASTLE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA ON JUNE 13, 1942. BURIED AT CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. COMMEMORATED AT THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.