In memory of

Flight Sergeant

John Kopchuk

who died on 22 Jun 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Sergeant
  Service number R132169
  Date of death 19430622
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R132169 Flight Sergeant (No. 429 Bison Squadron RCAF navigator) John Kopchuk Jr. (b.1919) of Saskatoon was KIA 19430622 and is buried at Vlissingen Northern cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands. Kopchuk's Wellington was shot down off the Island of Zuid, Beveland. He was the son of John, a carpenter, and Olga (Glowa) Kobychuk who came to Melville, where John Jr. was born, from Poland. After completing his grade 12, John Jr. farmed and then spent eight months as a broommaker at Saskatoon before being called up for NRMA training at Regina in 1941, he transferred to the RCAF two months later.
       A Glossary of abbreviations to help understand the terms used is available.
Images
  Photo
   Please click here if you have another photograph or document to add.
Additional information
  Links to other web pages Memorial - Melville
Photo collection on CVWM

  Pages on our Blog Please click here if you would like to create a Blog page for this casualty.
Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 214 - Cana
  Cemetery or memorial location Vlissingen Northern cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands    

Please click here to view the cemetery/memorial information on Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  Honour roll location(s) Melville
  Geo-memorial Kopchuk Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 57.0001°N / 107.8369°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74G4
  Geo-memorial details Southwest of Cree Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19190521
  Place of birth Melville    
  Date of enlistment 19410828
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation broommaker
Copyright Information
  The information above is Copyright © Saskatchewan War Memorial Project; all rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this information for personal use and for use in a school classroom environment only. For all other uses, please submit a request through the Contact Form.