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Military service
Service number:
R/196076
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 11, 1922
Lwod, Poland (Austria-Hungary)
Enlistment:
October 13, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
May 23, 1944
Genhulsen, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 3. H. 18-22.
Additional information
Son of Jozef (AKA Joseph) Chawanski and Katarzyna (AKA Katherina) Stepkiw, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, both born in Poland (Austria-Hungary).
He was naturalized as a Canadian citizen at the same time as his parents on 15 October 1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He served in Canada and Great Britain.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star, Europe Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
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Cemetery
Entrance - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Grave marker - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of ADAM PHILIP CHAWANSKI
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Grave marker
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Photo of ADAM PHILIP CHAWANSKI
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Photo of ADAM PHILIP CHAWANSKI
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Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Adam Philip Chawanski
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 272 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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