WASHINTGON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Raymond A. Kaudelky, 30, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 13, 2023.
In the spring of 1944, Kaudelky was assigned to the 724th Bombardment Squadron, 451st Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. On March 11, Kaudelky served as the tail gunner aboard a B-24H Liberator that was struck by anti-aircraft fire after a bombing raid on the German submarine pens and repair sheds at the harbor of Toulon, France.
Other air crews on the mission reported Kaudelky’s aircraft crashed on the Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer peninsula, south of Toulon harbor, and did not see any parachutes emerge from the aircraft.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Kaudelky's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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