Hometown
San Bernardino, California
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A BOMB AIMER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 26 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 419 'MOOSE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (DJ210) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 1./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 6 AND CRASHED AT HATTENHEIM, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO MANNHEIM ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1943. BURIED AT DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY, DURNBACH, BAVARIA, GERMANY.