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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ralph Matthew Costello

Hometown

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 25 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 199 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. X (HZ582) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 1./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED AT SCHAIJK, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO DORTMUND, GERMANY ON MAY 24, 1943. BURIED AT UDEN WAR CEMETERY, UDEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.