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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Charles Sewell Barrell

Hometown

Hamilton, Massachusetts

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S./ROYAL AIR FORCE REFRESHER FLYING COURSE AT SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, DUXFORD, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. IIB (Z3828) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1941. BURIED AT BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, BROOKWOOD, SURREY, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.