Hometown
Lexington, Oregon
Honored By
A Grateful American
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 26 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 409 'NIGHTHAWK' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER MK. VI (X8140) FLEW INTO THE GROUND NEAR MANSFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND ON DECEMBER 5, 1942. BURIED AT SCOPWICK WAR GRAVES CEMETERY, SCOPWICK, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND.