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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Francis Wayne Gennette

Hometown

Bedford, Indiana

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 20 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK 1C (T2561) CRASHED NEAR ELSENDORP, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DUSSELDORF, GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1942. BURIED AT GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, NIJMEGEN, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.