Hometown
Flushing, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 9 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ON AUGUST 10, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 249 'GOLD COAST' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VC (BP878) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE ON MAY 14, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 5, COLUMN 1 AT THE MALTA MEMORIAL, VALLETTA, MALTA.