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Callaway, Raymond Leonard, Sr., Lt Col USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Granite Falls, Minnesota
Last Address Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Date of Passing Feb 19, 2005
Location of Interment Itasca Calvary Cemetery - Grand Rapids, Minnesota
He was credited with destroying 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, plus 1 probable and 2 damaged during WWII.
He is buried in Grand Rapids and also has a memorial stone in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Soldiers Grove, WI.
AFSC/MOS AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Base, Station or City
Mitchel Field
State/Country
New York
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56th Fighter Group Details
In the middle of July 1944, 61st Fighter Squadron commander (and leading scorer of the 56th Fighter Group) LTC Francis S. Gabreski bounces an ME-109 for his final victory of the war. Within two weeks he would make himself a prisoner of war when, during a strafing run on an enemy airfield, he got too low and caught his propeller on the ground.
Francis "Gabby" Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group
