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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Fred Ambrose Grove

Hometown

River Forest, Illinois

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. PARTICIPATED IN THE U.S./ROYAL AIR FORCE REFRESHER FLYING COURSE AT POLARIS FLIGHT ACADEMY AT GRAND CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL, GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 56 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS MILES M.9 MASTER MK. 1 (N7510) CRASHED INTO THE WASH OFF EAST ANGLIA, ENGLAND ON JULY 25, 1941. BURIED AT ST. MATTHEW CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, SUTTON BRIDGE, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VETERANS' MEMORIAL, URBANA, ILLINOIS AND ON THE ST. MATTHEW CHURCH WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL, SUTTON BRIDGE.