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Military service
Service number:
J/90943
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 'Iroquois' Sqdn.
Birth:
October 28, 1920
Marienthal, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
March 24, 1942
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
January 29, 1944
Berlin, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 9. K. 25-27.
Additional information
Son of Anton and Seda (nee Schnell) Bonokoski, of Torquay, Saskatchewan. Brother of Anton, Isadore, Martin, Norbert, Gordon, Theresa, Dorothy, Anastasia, Martha, Connie, Frances, Loretta, Regina and Mary Lou. Bonokoski Lake is located fifteen miles south of the Northwest Territories border and 320 air miles from La Ronge, deep in the Taiga Sheild ecozone of northern Saskatchewan, which was named for him by the Province.
Additional citations
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 28 October 1946.
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokioski is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski 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 -
Photo of DANIEL BONOKOSKI
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Photo of DANIEL BONOKOSKI
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Record of Service
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Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
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Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Daniel Bonokoski
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 253 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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