In memory of

Pilot Officer

Wolodemir Fedorchuk

who died on 15 Feb 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Pilot Officer
  Service number J94221
  Date of death 19450215
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J94221 Pilot Officer (No. 429 Bison Squadron RCAF flight engineer) Wolodemir (Walter) Fedorchuk (b.1924) of Insinger was KIA 19450215 and is buried at Palsjo municipal cemetery, Halsingborg, Sweden. Fedorchuk's Halifax crashed in the Baltic Sea off Sweden during a night mine laying operation south of Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Dmytro E. and Lemeria (Lysak) Fedorchuk, Ukrainians who farmed southwest of Insinger (they are called Math. and Lily on his attestation). Walter was educated at Yemen, Insinger and Sheho schools and worked as a store clerk before enlisting at Regina late in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 275 - Insinger
  Cemetery or memorial location Palsjo municipal cemetery, Halsingborg, Sweden    

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  Honour roll location(s) Theodore
Sheho
  Geo-memorial Fedorchuk Creek, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.8°N / 107.0333°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74J14
  Geo-memorial details Flows north to the Otherside River.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19241109
  Place of birth Insinger    
  Date of enlistment 19421118
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Insinger    
  Occupation store clerk
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