World War II Honoree

Orville Stotts O'Hair

Hometown

Greencastle, Indiana

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 27 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 12 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED AVRO LANCASTER MK 1 (W4338) CRASHED NEAR KREFELD, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO ESSEN ON JANUARY 13, 1943. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY. COMMEMORATED ON THE PUTNAM COUNTY WWII MEMORIAL, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA.