Frank George Zavakos
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 49515 - Fl/Lt Frank G Zavakos
Enlisted as USAAC air cadet. Joined RAF, assigned 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. Lost on Air Sea Rescue sortie, engine failure and crashed into the sea 2-Jun-42 pilot P/O Frank G Zavakos.
KIA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dayton, OH, USA | 25 August 1917 | Son of George Zavakos and Konstantina [Dena] Fragia. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH | 11 October 1940 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio |
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Other Killed in Action |
English Channel | 2 June 1942 | Lost on Air Sea Rescue sortie, engine failure and crashed into the sea 2-Jun-42 pilot P/O Frank G Zavakos KIA. |
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Buried |
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton Montgomery County OH | Memorialised Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton Montgomery County Ohio, USA. | |
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Other Memorialised |
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Cooper's Hill Lane, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0LB, UK | Memorialised - Runnymede Memorial, Surrey and Eagle Sqn Memorial Gosvenor Sq, London. | |
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Other Joined RAF |
Ontario, Canada | Joined Royal Air Force. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | Assigned 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
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Sources
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Combat Chronology ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
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