Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 57 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IIB (P7990) CRASHED NEAR GRONANT, PRESTATYN, FLINTSHIRE ON APRIL 11, 1942. BURIED AT HAWARDEN CEMETERY, HAWARDEN, FLINTSHIRE, NORTH WALES.