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Military service
Service number:
J/95475
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
424 Sqdn.
Birth:
January 31, 1921
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
February 24, 1943
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
November 1, 1944
St Joost, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave IV. D. 11-13.
Additional information
Son of Wasyl and Eva (nee Cybuliak) Yanishko of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Brother of John and Stefania.
Additional citations
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.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
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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 -
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 -
Gravemarker
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Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of WALTER YUNSKO
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Grave marker
On right side. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter Yunsko
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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