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Military service
Service number:
J/87039
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
159 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
October 9, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 4. J. 1-8.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Bertha Belkin, of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
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Newspaper Clipping
"Greater Asia" newspaper, Rangoon, Burma, dated 12 October 1943. Published in English to appeal to the Burmese and Indian English-speaking citizens, "Greater Asia" printed a page one story on 12 October (see separate image) describing the shooting down of Paul Belkin's Liberator by Sgt Maj Nishizawa (a fighter pilot for the famed 64th Sentai of the Japanese Army Air Force). This photo & caption accompanied the story. The reproduction is a scan of a poor copy microfilm image from the US National Archives, but it clearly shows the rear fuselage, one of two rudders, the horizontal stabilizer, & rear turret of a B-24 Liberator. Presumably, this was, indeed, Paul's aircraft, but this has not been proven. -
Grave Marker
Paul Belkin's grave marker, Rangoon War Cemetery. -
Newspaper Article
"Greater Asia" newspaper, Rangoon, Burma, dated 12 October 1943. This propaganda newspaper, printed in English to appeal to the Burmese and Indian English-speaking population, printed this page one story of Paul Belkin's Liberator's destruction on the night of 9/10 October. See separate image for the photo of Liberator wreckage, which also was printed in this edition of "Greater Asia". -
RAF 159 Squadron
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Photo of Paul Belkin
Paul Belkin is honoured on page 11 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 -
Grave marker
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Attestation Paper
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Newspaper clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: PIcture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Paul Belkin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 135 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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