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Walter Yunsko

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko

November 1, 1944
St Joost, Netherlands

Military Service

Service Number:

J/95475

Age:

23

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

424 Sqdn.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. 'Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, 6 of December, 1947.

Additional Information

Born:

January 31, 1921
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

February 24, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of Wasyl and Eva (nee Cybuliak) Yanishko of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of John and Stefania.

Commemorated on Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave IV. D. 11-13.

Location:

Nederweert is a village 38 km north west of Roermond, 21 km south east of Eindhoven and 5 km north east of Weert. The NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY is 150 metres west of the church and the same distance east of the road from Weert to Helmond. The entrance to the cemetery is closed to vehicles and visitors must walk the 50 metres to the Commission plot. The NEDERWEERT WAR CEMETERY is signposted on the N266 Nederweert - Helmond road. The N266 is indicated from the Nederweert exit on the A2 Motorway Eindhoven Maastricht.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of WALTER YUNSKO– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of WALTER YUNSKO – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– On right side. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – On right side. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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