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.