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| After completing 66 missions overseas, Lt. Aubrey York flew BT-13 Valiants in California. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45197878/aubrey-downie-york http://www.scharch.org/Ed_Scharch/usn-aircraft/03-snv-valiant.html |
Aubrey Downie York never had a chance to reach 100 years old. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
Last year I was not able to write a profile everyday from September to November because I was studying for the Certified Financial Planner test (I passed!). I feel my project to honor one U.S. serviceman for each day of the war would be incomplete if I left them off. As I have time, I am going back and adding profiles for the days I missed.
Aubrey was born on September 12, 1918 in Arkansas. His parents John and Lillie were also both born in Arkansas. His father worked as a farmer and later as a surveyor. Aubrey had two younger brothers. By 1940 Aubrey had completed four years of high school and was living at home working as a farmer.
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces on November 23, 1941 and reached the rank of second lieutenant. He served overseas and flew 66 missions. I was not able to find out with which unit. After he returned to the states he was assigned to the 443rd Combat Crew Training Squadron. Lt. York was flying a BT-13B Valiant and was killed in a crash in California on November 8, 1944.
His grave is at Union Hill Cemetery in Hermitage, Arkansas.
On behalf of the fallen, if you would like to see more people become aware of this project to honor the WW2 fallen, be sure to share with others on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Thanks for your interest!
I created this video to explain why I started this project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt8QA481lY.
Please consider joining the public Facebook group to increase the exposure of this project. Go to: WW2 Fallen 100
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