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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Kenneth Brown Collings

Hometown

Lincoln, Nebraska

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE CIVILIAN RANK OF AIR PILOT AND SERVED AS A FERRY PILOT IN THE BRITISH AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 42 WHEN THE BRITISH AUXILIARY TRANSPORT SHIP SS NERISSA (IMO 1147369) SAILING WITH CONVOY HX-121 WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT (U-552) OFF ST. KILDA, SCOTLAND ON APRIL 30, 1941. BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 4, COLUMN 5 AT THE OTTAWA MEMORIAL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.