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Son of John and Jenny Rahkola, of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Flt. Sgt. Wayne Rahkola, missing on bombing mission in Munich - presumed dead January 8, 1945.
<p> <i> Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - <b>"Stairway of Honour"</B> project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.</i> <p>
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Flight Serjeant Wayne John Rahkola
RCAF Lancaster Bomber with Crew Members, Rank and Names
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola
Portrait of Flight Sergeant Wayne Rahkola in RCAF uniform
Image gallery
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Flt. Sgt. Wayne Rahkola, missing on bombing mission in Munich - presumed dead January 8, 1945. <p> <i> Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - <b>"Stairway of Honour"</B> project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.</i> <p>
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flight Serjeant Wayne John Rahkola RCAF Lancaster Bomber with Crew Members, Rank and Names
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Portrait of Flight Sergeant Wayne Rahkola in RCAF uniform
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 556 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY Germany
Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.
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