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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Paul Gordon Hemmer

Hometown

Franklin, Ohio

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 FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, DUNNVILLE, ONTARIO. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 274 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (MIDDLE EAST) WHEN HIS HAWKER HURRICANE MK. IIB (BE683) WAS ATTACKED BY LUFTWAFFE MESSERSCHMITT BF 109'S AND LOST OVER EGYPT ON AUGUST 7, 1942. BURIED AT NORTH AFRICA AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL, CARTHAGE, TUNISIA.