Hometown
Richmond, Indiana
Honored By
A Grateful American
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 ACTION AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 402 'WINNIPEG-BEAR' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK IX (BS136) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULF FW 190'S OF JAGDGESCHWADER 26 AND CRASHED NEAR BOLBEC, FRANCE ON AUGUST 24, 1942. BURIED AT ST. VALERAY-EN-CAUX FRANCO-BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. VALERY-EN-CAUX, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE.