Hometown
Dayton, Ohio
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 AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 71 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VB (BM249) WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE OVER THE NORTH SEA DURING AN AIR/SEA RESCUE ON JUNE 2, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON PANEL 72 AT THE AIR FORCES MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE, ENGLEFIELD GREEN, SURREY, ENGLAND; ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON AND AT WOODLAND CEMETERY AND ARBORETUM, DAYTON, OHIO.