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Military service
Service number:
J/45220
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
418 Sqdn.
Death:
March 9, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Plot A. Row 1. Grave 5.
Additional information
Son of George and Anna Klapkew; husband of Helen May Klapkew, of Galt, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
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Photo of Francis Joseph "Frank" Klapkew
Image from Facebook 2014 -
Photo of FRANCIS JOSEPH KLAPKEW
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Certificate
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Photo of Francis 'Frank ' Klapkew
Francis 'Frank ' Klapkew crashed at the Krachtighuizerweg,Putten,Holland. F/Lt. George Ivan 'Happy' Sheldrick was also KIA. Both Heroes are buried in the General Cemetery,Putten,Holland
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Joseph Klapkew
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 531 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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