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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Harold Edwin Phillips

Hometown

Sennett, New York

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 A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 7 (BOMBER RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (WESTERN AIR COMMAND) WHEN HIS BLACKBURN SHARK SEAPLANE MK. III (RCAF 524) CRASHED NEAR DIGBY ISLAND OFF METLAKATLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA ON JUNE 20, 1942. BURIED AT SEA AND COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 1, COLUMN 5 AT THE OTTAWA MEMORIAL, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.