Jack L Raphael

Military
media-30162.jpeg UPL 30162 1Lt Jack Raphael 4th FG J Cook photo collection and archives

Dave Raphael/JCook Photo Collection & Archives

Object Number - UPL 30162 - 1Lt Jack Raphael 4th FG

Flight leader 336th FS 4th FG Aug. 1943- June 1944.

Previously flew with the RCAF in Hurricanes, Spitfires and Typhoons before his transfer to the USAAF in March 1943.

After his combat tour was assigned to do liaison work with the French because of his fluency in that language. On 3 July 1945, while working with a team of lawyers investigating was crimes and damage caused by Allied forces, he was badly wounded by an anti-tank mine and was flown home to the US. Raphael lost his legs, but recovered and became a Fullbright scholar, eventually serving as a defence advisor for the Spanish air force.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, American Campaign and Defense Medals, WWII Victory, EAME (4 battle stars), OCC.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Hi! R.P.M./Eager Beaver/Miss Beth
  • Unit: 404th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron 506th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Saint Louis, MO, USA 10 March 1923 Son of Laurence C and Ruth V Raphael.

Enlisted

25 March 1943 Transferred to USAAF.

Based

Debden 26 March 1943 - 28 June 1944 Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 April 1947

Died

Manhattan Beach, CA, USA 1 July 1991
Tacoma, WA, USA Hometown

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Dave Raphael/JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Dave Raphael/JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Contributorapollo11
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Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholtz.

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Personal research & 4th Fighter Group 'Debden Eagles' by Chris Bucholz.

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AccidentReports.com, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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