Lt. Frank Fazekas Sr. no longer MIA

“Lt. Frank Fazekas will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery this week after years inside his P-47 Thunderbolt in the French field where he came to rest after succumbing to German anti-aircraft fire 74 years ago.”

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“Frank Fazekas Jr. was just six months old at the time, living with his mother in a tight-knit Hungarian community in Trenton, New Jersey.

“Fazekas Jr. would pore over letters written between his mother and father, focusing on his father’s signature. ‘I would practice signing my name like he did,’ he says.

“Because his dad flew, he loved airplanes. He got a degree in aeronautical engineering and became an Air Force pilot, serving in the Vietnam War. He later worked with Department of Defense contractors and now, at 74, he’s in his third career as a tour business owner in New Hartford, New York.

“’For a lot of years I felt like I was trying to complete something for him … the whole aviation thing, the flying, it was all cut short, I mean so abruptly at age 22.’”

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