Hometown
Salem, Missouri
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE CIVILIAN RANK OF FIRST OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE BRITISH AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY FERRYING WARPLANES FROM FACTORIES TO AIRFIELDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 32 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 4 FERRY PILOTS POOL-PRESTWICK, AIR TANSPORT AUXILIARY WHEN HIS HAWKER HIND (K6838) CRASHED AT EAGLESHAM MOOR, RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND ON JANUARY 30, 1942. BURIED AT WOODSIDE CEMETERY, PAISLEY, RENFREWSHIRE, SCOTLAND. COMMEMORATED AT CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, SALEM, MISSOURI.