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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Marion Arthur Plomteaux

Hometown

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

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 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 53 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK 1 (X4988) CRASHED AT MARCROSS, SOUTH GLAMORGAN, WALES ON JULY 10, 1941. BURIED AT LLANTWIT MAJOR CEMETERY, LLANTWIT MAJOR, GLAMORGAN, WALES.