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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Raymond F. Dakin

Hometown

Wayne County, Michigan

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

LIEUTENANT, 197TH COASTAL ARTILLERY, PASSENGER ON JAMES E. GUMAER'S PLANE, B-24 LIBERATOR 'TEXAS TERROR', 400TH SQUADRON (BLACK PIRATES), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON DECEMBER 18, 1942, HIS PLANE WAS BEING FLOW TO IRON RANGE FOR DELIVERY TO THE 90TH BOMB GROUP. BECAUSE OF A SEVERE STORM, THE PLANE CRASHED INTO MOUNT STRALOCH ON HINCHINBROOK ISLAND. FIVE CREW MEMBERS AND SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE KILLED.