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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Paul Leopold Rakoczy

Hometown

Detroit, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 10 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX MK. II (DT783) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER AND CRASHED AT WOLFSPUT, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO COLOGNE, GERMANY ON JUNE 29, 1943. BURIED AT WOENSEL GENERAL CEMETERY, EINDHOVEN, NORTH BRABANT, THE NETHERLANDS.