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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Jack Dewberry Gilliland

Hometown

Pittsburg, Kansas

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 23 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 121 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (W3240) CRASHED NEAR TUDDENHAM, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND ON JANUARY 8, 1942. BURIED AT BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, BROOKWOOD, SURREY, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.