World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Edwin William Read
Hometown
Rochester, New York
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN AND HELD THE RANK OF LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 22 WITH 23 OTHER AIRMEN WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 10 'NORTH ATLANTIC' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (EASTERN AIR COMMAND) WHEN HIS CONSOLIDATED B-24 LIBERATOR GR MK. VI (RCAF 3701) CRASHED AND BURNED AT BLACK BEAR MOUNTAIN, QUEBEC DURING A FLIGHT FROM GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND TO DORVAL, QUEBEC ON OCTOBER 20, 1943. BURIED AT ST. DONAT ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SAINT-DONAT-DE-MONTCALM, QUEBEC. COMMEMORATED AT BLACK BEAR MOUNTAIN, QUEBEC, CANADA.