Hometown
Springfield, Massachusetts
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. ENLISTED ON OCTOBER 12, 1940. RECEIVED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE IN JULY 1941. KILLED WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 113 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (MIDDLE EAST COMMAND) WHEN HIS BRISTOL BLENHEIM MK IV (T2245) CRASHED INTO THE GANGES RIVER IN THE KATIHAR DISTRICT OF INDIA DURING AN INTERNAL SECURITY RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT ON AUGUST 18, 1942. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT RANCHI WAR CEMETERY, RANCHI, JHARKHAND, INDIA.