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ISOB Moran Scott Morris - Eagle Squadron

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Details:

Section F, Row B, Grave 13.


Isolated Burial

A standard Commonwealth Grave Commission (CWGC) inscribed headstone.

Joined RAF, assigned to 133rd Eagle Squadron.  Shot down in Spitfire BL996 by Fw190 whilst escorting B-17 bombers on their 1st raid into Europe. Killed in Action (KIA) 31-5-42.

Source: American Air Museum Britain website

Monument Text:

PILOT OFFICER

M. S. MORRIS

PILOT

ROYAL AIR FORCE

31ST MAY 1942   AGE 25

 

AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,

WHO FOUGHT THE COMMON FOE

UNDER THE FLAG

OF A GREAT ALLY

Commemorates:

People:

Moran Scott Morris

Units:

133rd Eagle Squadron

Royal Air Force (RAF)

Wars:

WWII