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Personal info

Full name
CZESLAWSKI, Raymond Chester
Date of birth
11 July 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16003633
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner
Unit
733rd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 May 1944
Place of death
Klein-Stockheim, 4 miles south of Brunswick,Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 9 50

Immediate family

Members
Charles S. Czeslawski (father)
Anna K. Czeslawski (mother)
Adeline Czeslawski (sister)
Edwin J. Czeslawski (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
41-28745
Data
Type: B-24E
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Operational
MACR: 4590

More information

The airplane was shot down by flak.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Chicago Tribune - 13 June 1944