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Saturday, May 17, 1941 - First US pilot volunteer with RAF, killed in action

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The first American, Pilot Officer Stanley Michel "Mike" Kolendorski, is killed in action while flying a Hawker Hurricane in service with the RAF. He is with RAF No. 71 (some sources say 121) "Eagle" Squadron. Kolendorski is of Polish heritage, was born in 1915 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was living in California with his wife Charlotte May when he enlisted with the RAF in Canada. Kolendorski, shot down over Holland, is buried at Rockanje (Zeeweg) General Cemetery Rockanje, Westvoorne Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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