Verl T. Meldrum

Verl was born and raised in Raymond. He enlisted in the RCAF on Feb. 3, 1942 and was posted for training in Edmonton, High River, Calgary, and Fort Macleod. He was stationed overseas in Skipton-on- Swale in squadron 433. He was shot down on Feb. 25, 1944 and was captured. He spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Germany, East Prussia and Poland.