ISOB Wilbur Washington 'Bee' Acton - Air Transport Auxiliary
Details:
Grave: Section D. Row. W. Grave 20.
Isolated BurialA standard inscribed upright Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) or First Officer Wilbur Washington 'Bee' Acton of Ohio who was killed in a mid-air collision with another plane while serivng with the Air Transport Auxillary. The headquarters of the Air Transport Auxiliary were located nearby at White Waltham Airfield.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website indicates he was the son of William A. Acton and Irene E. Acton of U.S.A.
The personal inscription on his headstone is taken from Tennyson's poem 'Crossing the bar':
'I hope to meet my pilot Face to face When I have crost the bar'
Source: CWGC website
Monument Text:
FIRST OFFICER
W. W. "BEE" ACTON
AIR TRANSPORT AUXILIARY
8TH JULY 1944 AGE 28
(CROSS)
I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT
FACE TO FACE
WHEN I HAVE CROST THE BAR