World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Robert Minard
Hometown
Newberry, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 53 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK 1A (X4849) CRASHED AT SUTTON FARM, GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES ON NOVEMBER 21, 1941. BURIED AT LLANTWIT MAJOR CEMETERY, LLANTWIT MAJOR, GLAMORGAN, WALES.