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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Mary Webb Nicholson

Hometown

Greensboro, North Carolina

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE CIVILIAN RANK OF SECOND OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE BRITISH AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY TRANSPORTING WARPLANES BETWEEN FACTORIES AND AIRFIELDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. KILLED AT THE AGE OF 37 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 12 FERRY PILOTS POOL-COSFORD, AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY WHEN HER MILES MASTER (W9029) LOST ITS PROPELLER, CRASHED AND BURST INTO FLAMES AT LITTLEWORTH, WORCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND ON MAY 22, 1943. BURIED AT NEW GARDEN FRIENDS CEMETERY, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.