World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Basil Wilfred Andrews
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
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 JULY 14, 1941. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 53 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS MILES M.27 MASTER MK. III (W8639) CRASHED NEAR BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET ON OCTOBER 30, 1942. BURIED AT QUANTOCK ROAD CEMETERY, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET, ENGLAND.