Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Flight Sergeant Wayne John Rahkola is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of WAYNE JOHN RAHKOLA – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Biography – Portrait of Flight Sergeant Wayne Rahkola in RCAF uniform

Photo of Wayne Rahkola – Flt. Sgt. Wayne Rahkola, missing on bombing mission in Munich - presumed dead January 8, 1945. Photo courtesy of Hillcrest High School - "Stairway of Honour" project. Eighty-four large portraits of students from the Second World War line both sides of the 55 stairs leading up to the school's auditorium. Most of the portraits have the rank and year of death of the student. Some portraits explain how the soldier died, but many were MIA and presumed dead. Each year, teachers from the grade 10 Canadian History course take their students to the stairway around November 11th to complete a project that deals directly with the pictures on the Stairway of Honour.

Group Photo – Flight Serjeant Wayne John Rahkola RCAF Lancaster Bomber with Crew Members, Rank and Names