World War II Honoree

Roger Dennis Crozier

Hometown

Portland, Maine

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. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 9 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, SUMMERSIDE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ON MAY 27, 1941. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 57 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. 1A (L1082) WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION DURING PRACTICE MANEUVERS AND CRASHED NEAR BAGILLT, NORTH WALES ON AUGUST 22, 1941. BURIED AT HAWARDEN CEMETERY, HAWARDEN, FLINTSHIRE, WALES.