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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Woodrow Wilcox Waddell

Hometown

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 29 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 405 'VANCOUVER/EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (W1152) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A RAID ON THE HARBORS OF THE LA GIRONDE ESTUARY IN FRANCE ON NOVEMBER 9, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 107 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND AND ON THE CHASE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL, COTTONWOOD FALLS, KANSAS.