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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Claude Neil Wilcox

Hometown

Fort Meade, Florida

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 60 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO T MK III (HJ892) CRASHED AT CATHERTON FARM, CLEOBURY MORTIMER, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND ON JULY 21, 1943. BURIED AT BLACON CEMETERY, CHESTER, CHESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND.