World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Albert Arn
Hometown
Van Wert, Ohio
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 52 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS MILES M.9 MASTER (AZ311) CRASHED NEAR BERKELEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND ON FEBRUARY 10, 1942. BURIED AT MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY, FORT JENNINGS, OHIO.