MEMORIAL DAY

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Sergeant Pilot Henry Archer "Harry" Womack, RCAF
Spitfire Pilot
1919-1941
Killed practicing air combat maneuvers near Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England
Buried at St. Deiniol's Church, Flintshire, Wales, near his station, RAF Hawarden
Probably the first war casualty from Tennessee, USA


Bob

Bob,
Below I found this about HA Harry Womack,
I see he called Johnson City home.
I have many family ties in the area.

His Gravestone Inscription reading :

Because I live, ye shall live also.
St John XIV. 19


Sgt Henry Archer “Harry” Womack, Jr
BIRTH 3 Feb 1919
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH 1 Jul 1941 (aged 22)
Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England
BURIAL
Hawarden Churchyard
Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
PLOT North Section
MEMORIAL ID 68025373 · View Source

Pilot Sergeant Henry Archer "Harry" Womack Jr was Washington County, Tennessee first overseas casualty of World War II. Harry served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Number 57 Operational Training Unit, Service Number R/67722. He called Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America (USA) his home.

Harry died in a training accident while practicing aerial dog fighting out of RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales, along with Pilot Officer John Melvin Milmine, RCAF . They now rest side by side in the Hawarden (St. Deiniol) Churchyard, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

The aircraft crashed at Mill Lane in the village of Upton, a part of Upton-by-Chester, which is a civil parish and a large suburb on the outskirts of Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

Harry was 22 years old and the son of Henry Archer Womack and Nellie Parsons of Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.



Civil Registration:
Deaths Sep 1941 Womack Harry A 21 West Cheshire 8a 646.

He is commemorated at Monte Vista Memorial Garden, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Section F, Lot 348, Space 9. (Find A Grave Memorial# 16726786)



God Bless

Info Link: Sgt Henry Archer “Harry” Womack, Jr (1919-1941) - Find A Grave Memorial