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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John Ellsworth Avise

Hometown

Mason City, Iowa

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 FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, DUNVILLE, ONTARIO. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 30 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 103 MAINTENANCE UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (MAINTENANCE COMMAND) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK IIB (HL842) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE DURING A DELIVERY FLIGHT FROM ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, ABOUKER, EGYPT ON OCTOBER 17, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON COLUMN 263 AT THE ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, EL ALAMEIN, MATRUH, EGYPT; AT OLD ALTOONA CEMETERY, ALTOONA, IOWA AND AT MEMORIAL HALL, UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (CLASS OF 1934), ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.