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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Frederick Arvon Gamble

Hometown

Heiskell, Tennessee

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. INITIALLY SERVED WITH NO. 121 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND). KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 116 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VB CRASHED AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, NORTH WEALD, ESSEX, ENGLAND ON MAY 3, 1942. BURIED AT BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, BROOKWOOD, SURREY, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.