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KWINTER, Samuel Noah

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Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Date of Birth
February 27, 1921
Date of Death
August 22, 1944
Place of Burial
Budapest, Hungary
Cemetery
Budapest War Cemetery
Age at Time of Death
23
Enlistment No.
J-25072
Rank
Flying Officer
Unit
Royal Canadian Air Force
Notes
Flying Officer Samuel Kwinter of Toronto, Ontario, was officially presumed to h ave died on August 22, 1944, following air operations overseas. He had completed 22 operational flights when the Halifax of which he was bombardier was shot down during a raid on Vezstrum, Hungary. Enlisting in the air force in July 1942, he trained at Toronto and Dauphin, Manitoba, and graduated as a sergeant pilot from the flying school at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in March 1943. He was commissioned immediately and was sent overseas in June 1943. His brother, Pilot Officer Sam Kwinter, also served with the R.C.A.F. overseas.
Subjects
World War II
Record Source
Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Archival / Genealogical
Genealogy Records
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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