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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Byrd Lee Milton

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE CIVILIAN RANK OF FIRST OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE BRITISH AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY FERRYING WARPLANES FROM FACTORIES TO AIRFIELDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 35 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 16 FERRY PILOTS POOL-KIRKBRIDE, AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY WHEN HIS BRISTOL BEAUFORT (DX118) CRASHED AT BROWNHART LAW NEAR MAKENDON, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND ON FEBRUARY 23, 1943. BURIED AT WARE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CEMETERY, GLOUCESTER, VIRGINIA. COMMEMORATED AT THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.