World War II Honoree

William Meade Lindsley Fiske III

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. ENLISTED IN SEPTEMBER 1939 AND RECEIVED PILOT TRAINING AT NO. 10 ELEMENTARY FLYING SCHOOL AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, YATESBURY, WILTSHIRE AND NO. 2 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL AT ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, BRIZE NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE. COMMISSIONED AS AN ACTING PILOT OFFICER ON APRIL 12, 1940. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 601 'COUNTY OF LONDON' SQUADRON, ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) FOLLOWING THE CRASH LANDING OF HIS BATTLE DAMAGED HAWKER HURRICANE MK 1 (P3358) DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN ON AUGUST 17, 1940. BURIED AT ST. MARY AND ST. BLAISE CHURCHYARD, BOXGROVE, SUSSEX, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON, THE BILLY FISKE MEMORIAL WINDOW AT BOXGROVE PRIORY, BOXGROVE, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE FEW, CAPEL-LE-FERNE, KENT AND AT THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MONUMENT, VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, ENGLAND.