Hometown
Elma, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
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 WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 404 'BUFFALO' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (COASTAL COMMAND) WHEN HIS BRISTOL BLENHEIM MK. IV (Z6181) CRASHED AT BELHELVIE, SCOTLAND DURING AN AIR-SEA SEARCH ON MAY 23, 1942. BURIED AT THE OLD CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, DYCE, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND.