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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Harry Clem Hain

Hometown

Jackson, Mississippi

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. INITIALLY SERVED WITH NO. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 4 SQUADRON, SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE (DESERT AIR FORCE) WHEN HIS CURTISS P-40 KITTYHAWK MK 1 WAS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE OVER THE LIBYAN DESERT ON JULY 16, 1942. COMMEMORATED ON COLUMN 248 AT THE ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, EL ALAMEIN, MATRUH, EGYPT AND ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.