In memory of

Warrant Officer class 2

Panko Peter Blazeiko

who died on 2 Sep 1943


Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 612 Squadron, Royal Air Force
  Rank Warrant Officer class 2
  Service number R128212
  Date of death 19430902
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R128212 Warrant Officer 2 (No. 612 Squadron RCAF navigator) Panko Peter Blazeiko (b.1918) of West Bend was KIA 19430902 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial just west of London, England, for airmen from the north European theatre who died with no known grave. He was the son of Hnat and Ksenia (Chrunik) Blazejko who homesteaded NE32-28-12-W2 just southeast of West Bend. Panko took his high school at Foam Lake and taught at Wolverine Lake and Lily White schools before enlisting at Saskatoon in 1941. He married Lily Irene (Slakiw) at Tuffnell the next year.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 276 - Foam Lake
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Geo-memorial Blazeiko Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.1833°N / 107.3333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G3
  Geo-memorial details Panko's family travelled to Blazeiko Lake southwest of Cree Lake in 2002 and 2003.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19180216
  Place of birth West Bend    
  Date of enlistment 19410912
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment West Bend    
  Occupation teacher
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