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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Remsen Taylor Williams, Jr.

Hometown

Great Neck, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

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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 AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 11 ELEMENTARY FLYING SCHOOL, CAP DE LA MADELEINE, QUEBEC WHEN HIS FLEET FINCH 16B MK II (RCAF 4625) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION ON OCTOBER 20, 1941. BURIED IN THE STEINWAY VAULT AT GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.