FTO Warren Bretall Mayes
Born: 24 March 1921 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: Arthur Mayes & Vera Bretall-Mayes
Sibling: 1 sister, 2 brothers
Home:
– 1438 South Eleventh Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1939
Enlisted:
– Royal Canadian Air Force
– 1 October 1941
– joined because he could not find work and because the United States was not involved in the war
Serial Number: J/14770
Training:
– Canadian Forces Base, Winnipeg, Manitoba
– No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School – Fingal, Ontario
– trained as navigator
Rank: Flying Officer
Unit:
– 419th Bomber Squadron, No. 3 Group Bomber Command
Stationed:
– Royal Air Force Lemming, North Yorkshire, England
Engagements:
– bombing missions over Germany
Killed in Action:
– plane shot down over Waalre, Netherlands
– 29 June 1943
Buried:
– Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands – Link #2
– Plot: XV Row: F Grave: 2
