Name:
George Martin L'Hommedieu
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/148356
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-09-26
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Haycombe Cemetery and Crematorium, Bath, England
Plot:
Plot 51. Sec. H.
Row:
R
Grave:
249
Decoration:
Comments:
George Martin L'Hommedieu was born on June 9, 1911, in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York. He was the son of Herbert and Maria Griffin L'Hommedieu and was the husband of Marjorie Davis L'Hommedieu, of Sea Cliff, New York.
George served in the #24 Operational Training Unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was killed on September 26, 1943, when his Whitley V Z9428 aircraft, which took off from RAF Honeybourne for training for a bullseye exercise, crashed near Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire.