Country (1940) Sam Small Flies Again (also titled: The Flying Yorkshireman) (1942) This Above All (1942) Lassie Come-Home (1943) Portrait of a Flying Yorkshireman (edited by Paul Rotha) (1952) Source: Death In 1943, at which time he was a major in the United States Army – Special Services where he wrote two of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series, Knight was killed in a C-54 air crash in Dutch Guiana (now Suriname) in South America. References External links "Eric Knight Home Page" at the Lassie Family Website Biography at Chelsea-Collies.com Richard Hallas at LC Authorities, with 4 records, and [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no95-049336 at WorldCat Eric Knight Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1897 births 1943 deaths 20th-century American novelists 20th-century English novelists American children's writers United States Army personnel of World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers English children's writers English emigrants to the United States Lassie Novelists from Pennsylvania People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania People from Menston Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1943 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Suriname United States Army personnel killed in World War II United States Army reservists United States Army officers Military personnel from Yorkshire Canadian military personnel of World War I Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry soldiers British emigrants to the United States