Saskatchewan-born WWII pilot remembered in France
The story of a Second World War pilot started on a Saskatchewan wheat farm and ended in a wheat field in France.
Don Beerbower spent his very early years on a farm near Kenaston before moving to Hill City, Minn. with his family because of drought. By 1944, 22-year-old Beerbower was squadron commander and an accomplished pilot, known as a triple ace, having shot down more than 15 German planes.
This month, the village of Saint-Thierry, near where his plane went down in France, honoured him with a plaque on the wall of their local church.
“To have a plaque on a church wall, to the French that's quite significant,” author Paul Sailer said.