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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Frederick Carleton Austin

Hometown

Los Angeles, California

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 121 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. VB (AD498) CRASHED NEAR SAINT-OMER, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE DURING A CROSS-CHANNEL SWEEP ON APRIL 17, 1942. BURIED AT HARDINGHEN CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, HARDINGHEN, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.