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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Mr. Douglas Jerger

From a commemoration plaque at Darr Field, Ponca City, Oklahoma where he died in a crash while, as a Second Lieutenant and Chief Pilot, he was engaged in training British cadets during World War II. The plaque was presented by his wife, son, mother, brothers and fellow pilots on April 14, 1945.

In Memoriam Henry Jerger Oct. 12, 1911 to June 21, 1943.
AN HONEST AND EFFICIENT YOUNG MAN GIFTED WITH A QUALITY OF SOUND COMMON-SENSE. HE LOVED HIS HOME, HIS WIFE, AND CHILD WITH A RARE DEVOTION, ALWAYS SERIOUS MINDED, WITH CLEAN CUT HABITS, VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND AMBITIOUS IN JUST WAYS. HE BELIEVED FLYING SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT AND INSTRUCTED OTHERS TO FLY RIGHT. HIS DEATH HAS WRUNG GRIEVOUSLY THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM.