Wonack Jr, Henry Archer “Harry”.

- Nationality.

United States.

- Ranking.

Served as Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Air Force; service number R/67722.

- Born.

03-02-1919, in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.

- Died.

01-07-1941 (age 22) in a training accident while practicing aerial dog fighting, over Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England.

- Buried.

Hawarden Churchyard, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Perceel, North Section. Section F, Lot 348, Space 9. Church Lane, Hawarden, Flintshire, CH5 3LT, United Kingdom.

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Wonack Jr, Henry Archer “Harry”, born 03-02-1919, in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, United States, the son of Henry Archer Womack (1888- 02-11-1941) four months after his son Harry, and Nellie, born Parsons, 04-10-1890 and passed away 22-05-1991 (age 100) of Johnson City, Tennessee, United States.

Harry had two sisters and one brother, Elizabeth Womack West (1914–2001), Mary Nelle Womack Schaap (1922–2021) and James Dabney “Jim” Womack Sr.

Henry’s brother: James “Jim” Dabney Womack born 02-07-1926, in Johnson City, Washington County, and passed away 01-12-2015 (age 89) served in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1944, after graduation from Science Hill High School in Johnson City, James enlisted in the Navy where he served as a classified documents technician at Navy Pier in Chicago. When he was discharged in 1946 after WWII, he returned to his family who had moved to Knoxville, which became his life-long home.

Henry “Harry” served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Number 57 Operational Training Unit, Service Number R/67722. Henry called Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America (USA) his home.

Death and burial ground of Wonack Jr, Henry Archer “Harry”.

Sergeant Pilot Harry Womac Jr., 21, Johnson City boy who joined England’s Royal Air Force looking for something a little exciting, was killed 01-07-1941 (age 22) in a training accident while practicing aerial dog fighting, over Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire West, his parents learned by cablegram today. Details in the message were meager, but it was taken that Womack was not killed in action since the crash occured near the RAF station at Hawarden, near Chester….Mr. and Mrs. Womack Sr., of 212 East Eighth Avenue, showed a letter from their son which arrived shortly before news of his death in which he proclaimed the might of Britian and declared ‘Germany can’t win’ The letter said in part:‘I’m certainly enjoying flying the Spitfires. They are wonderful little airplanes, and Germany is going to have to go strong to make anything better. I have just finished making application for admittance to the American Eagle Squadron under command of Squadron Leader George Alfred Brown who passed away in February 1998 in Chichester, led No. 121 Squadron here. I’ll certainly be glad to get with some American fellows…‘Everyone here still says that England is sure to win, and I was always inclined to be an optimist, so I heartily agree with them. If you folks at home keep the airplanes and ships and guns and food rolling this way, I’m sure Germany can’t win.’

Wonack Jr, Henry Archer “Harry” was killed on 01-07-1941 (age 22) in a training accident while practicing aerial dog fighting, over Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England. Harry is buried at the Hawarden Churchyard, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales Perceel, North Section. Section F, Lot 348, Space 9. Church Lane, Hawarden, Flintshire, CH5 3LT, United Kingdom.