Hometown
Hawarden, Iowa
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT AND NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 5 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (COASTAL COMMAND) WHEN HIS BRISTOL BEAUFORT MK I (L9961) CRASHED NEAR FREMINGTON, DEVON, ENGLAND ON NOVEMBER 11, 1941. BURIED AT ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, HEANTON PUNCHARDON, DEVON, ENGLAND.