Name:
Walter Bigelow Rosen
Rank:
Flying Officer
Serial Number:
J/28758
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-18
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium, Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England
Plot:
Section E
Row:
B
Grave:
8
Decoration:
Comments:
Walter Bigelow Tower Rosen of New York, New York, served in the 158 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer during World War II. He was a crew member of the Halifax aircraft # LK 839, which, on August 17, 1944, was returning from the target at night when it crashed at Foston-on-the Wolds, Yorkshire, England. F/O Rosen died of his injuries the next day in the Driffield Emergency Hospital.