World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Vivian Eugene Watkins
Hometown
Belmont, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT LIEUTENANT 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. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 33 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 234 'MADRAS PRESIDENCY' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VB (BL831) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 A-2 WHILE ON PATROL OVER BERCK-SUR-MER, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE ON APRIL 24, 1942. BURIED AT BERGEN OP ZOOM WAR CEMETERY, BERGEN OP ZOOM, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.