Rudolf J. Dualsky was born on February 27, 1922, in the Bronx, New York. He was the son of Rudolf J. and Caroline Wentura Dualsk. He was married to Alma Elizabeth Dualsky. He graduated from Commerce High School and attended college for two years. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Army and served for three years as a radio operator/gunner on a B-24 during the air combat offensive in Europe, including operations in Rome and southern France. He served in the 739th Bomber Squadron, 454th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Technical Sergeant and Radio Operator of B-24 #42-51132 during World War II.

On July 20, 1944, the U.S. Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 #42-51132, which had departed from San Giovanni Airfield in southern Italy, was shot down by German anti-aircraft artillery (flak) while on a bombing mission over the Friedrichshafen area of southern Germany, part of the Allied strategic bombing campaign targeting German war-materiel industries. The intense flak fire inflicted critical damage on the bomber, forcing its eleven-member crew to bail out over Switzerland; the entire crew successfully parachuted to safety and survived, though at least one crewman sustained moderate injuries upon landing. Swiss authorities subsequently interned the crew members, while the unmanned bomber continued and crashed on this hillside known as Prestberg (Brastberg), where it was destroyed.

After the war, he worked as an advertising representative for the PabCo advertising agency, retiring in 1982. After retirement, he continued to work at his own home mail order business called The Glenwood Agency, specializing in military replacement medals and ribbons. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Naples, FL, the American Legion Post No. 458 in Ardsley, NY, and a former Commander of the Hastings VFW Post No. 200, Hastings, NY. He died on June 13, 2013, and is now buried in the Sarasota National Cemetery, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA.

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