World War II Honoree

Thomas Hill Park

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS AIR GUNNER WING BADGE AT NO. 4 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL, FINGAL, ONTARIO ON APRIL 10, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 10 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH WHITLEY MK. V (Z6564) WAS LOST DURING A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON AUGUST 19, 1941. BURIED AT REKEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, LANAKEN, LIMBURG, BELGIUM.