- SURNAME
Plishka
- FORENAME
Leonard
- UNIT
617 Squadron,R.C.A.F.
- RANK
Pilot Officer
- NUMBER
J/17388
- DATE OF DEATH
18th November 1943
- AGE
25
- GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 177
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Myrnam,Alberta,Canada
born 25.12.1917 Myrnam,Alberta,Canada
father Mykyta Plishka (1875-1955)
mother Horpyna (nee Lypowyj) Plishka (1877-1958) of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
215 Squadron
617 Squadron 4.8.1943
navigator-air bomber
Lancaster ED735
Transit from Rabat,Morocco
ditched off Portugal,Bay of Biscay - last heard from 0555 hours
DATE OF DEATH:
18-Nov-1943WEB LINKS:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1804440?Leonard%20PlishkaFINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15261274/leonard-plishka
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