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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Edward Mathis Mills

Hometown

Anaheim, 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 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 57 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE (K9953) COLLIDED IN MID-AIR WITH ANOTHER SPITFIRE AND CRASHED AT NEWTON ON THE MOOR, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND ON OCTOBER 7, 1943. BURIED AT STONEFALL CEMETERY, HARROGATE, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.