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Son of Samuel and Eva Soomsky. of Columbus, Ohio.
He attended East High School, Columbus Public Schools and graduated in June 1939. He also attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio during the academic year 1939-1940 and took a leave of absence from that institution to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Pilot Officer Sanford Soomsky
Sanford Soomsky is honoured on page 75 of the memorial book,<br>
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br>
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br>
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p>
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br>
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br>
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br>
facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br>
website: www.cjc.ca
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Pilot Officer Sanford Soomsky
Grave site of P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at Agudas Achim Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Pilot Officer Sanford Soomsky
Grave site of P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at Agudas Achim Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Pilot Officer Sanford Soomsky
Sgt. Morris Howitz (left) and P/O Sanford S. Soomsky, lifelong friends from Columbus, Ohio, USA, on embarkation leave, August 1942.<P>
Note: Morris Howitz later transferrd to the U.S. Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, Sixth Fighter Wing and received the rank of Second Lieutenant in March 1943. He was killed on active service at the age of 23 during a training accident at U.S.A.A.F. Station 342, Royal Air Force Station Atcham, Shropshire, England on May 30, 1943.
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Pilot Officer Sanford Soomsky
Samuel Soomsky (Father) and P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at 477 South 17th Street, Columbus, Ohio, August, 1942.
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Sanford Soomsky is honoured on page 75 of the memorial book,<br> CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,<br> compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948. <br> This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume. For additional information about these archival records, please contact:<p> The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives <br> 1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)<br> telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 <br> facsimile: 514-931-0548 <br> website: www.cjc.ca
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Grave site of P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at Agudas Achim Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Grave site of P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at Agudas Achim Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Sgt. Morris Howitz (left) and P/O Sanford S. Soomsky, lifelong friends from Columbus, Ohio, USA, on embarkation leave, August 1942.<P> Note: Morris Howitz later transferrd to the U.S. Army Air Forces, Eighth Air Force, Sixth Fighter Wing and received the rank of Second Lieutenant in March 1943. He was killed on active service at the age of 23 during a training accident at U.S.A.A.F. Station 342, Royal Air Force Station Atcham, Shropshire, England on May 30, 1943.
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Samuel Soomsky (Father) and P/O Sanford S. Soomsky at 477 South 17th Street, Columbus, Ohio, August, 1942.
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Commemorated on:
Page 116 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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