Name:
William Harvey Penn
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/131821
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-12-17
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Sage War Cemetery, Grossenkneten, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Plot:
1
Row:
B
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Comments:
William Harvey Penn was born on April 20, 1920, in Oklahoma. He served in the 9 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on December 17, 1942, when his Lancaster aircraft # ED 349, which took off at 17h03 from RAF Waddington, failed to return from an operational flight to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.