Hometown
Avon, Ohio
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. DIED IN CAIRO ON DECEMBER 29, 1941 AT THE AGE OF 27 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE IN ACTION WITH NO. 94 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (MIDDLE EAST COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE WAS SHOT DOWN, CRASHED AND BURNED OUTSIDE TOBRUK, LIBYA. BURIED AT HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY, CAIRO, EGYPT.