Hometown
Bloomingburg, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR AND AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE SERVING AT NO. 1 GENERAL RECONNAISSANCE SCHOOL, SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WHEN HIS AVRO ANSON MK 1 (AX426) CRASHED DURING A NAVIGATIONAL EXERCISE ON JANUARY 5, 1943. COMMEMORATED ON THE PANEL 2, COLUMN 4 AT THE OTTAWA MEMORIAL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.