World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert Matheson Murray
Hometown
Indianapolis, Indiana
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A FLYING ACCIDENT AT THE AGE OF 21 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 411 'GRIZZLY BEAR' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK II (P7755) CRASHED IN THE HUMBER ESTUARY NEAR GRIMSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND ON JULY 29, 1941. BURIED AT SCOPWICK WAR GRAVES CEMETERY, SCOPWICK, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND.