World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Rodney Webber
Hometown
Monrovia, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS AIR GUNNER'S WING BADGE AT NO. 6 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, MOUNTAIN VIEW, ONTARIO ON DECEMBER 20, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 158 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS FLAK DAMAGED ENGLISH ELECTRIC HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (DT795) CRASHED AT WAPENWELD, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO ESSEN, GERMANY ON APRIL 3, 1943. BURIED AT OLD LEUSDEN GENERAL CEMETERY, AMERSFOORT, UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS.