Toronto, Ontario (parents)Took off from Weston-on-the-Green to practice Beam approach instrument training exercise, lost control and dove inverted, into the ground one mile south-east of Brampton, Lincolnshire, England.
Addendum: - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.7 Squadron (deceased) - Award effective 3 April 1945 as per London Gazette dated 1 March 1946 and AFRO 418/46 dated 18 April 1946. Award presented to next-of-kin, 1 December 1948. The citation reads - "This warrant officer has completed, as air gunner, numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." Detail provided by H. Halliday, Orleans, Ontario.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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