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KAY, Solomon
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- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- August 10, 1921
- Date of Death
- February 24, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Moselle, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- J-87809
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Solomon Kay of Toronto, Ontario, was presumed to have died on February 24, 1944, after he failed to return from air operations. He had been listed missing in R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. 844 on March 30, 1944. Pilot Officer Kay enlisted in the air force in July 1942 and trained at Lachine, Fingal and Mont Joli. He went overseas in May 1943 and made 32 operational flights over Germany and other parts of Europe. After completing his tour of operations, he transferred to a Pathfinder squadron and had made three missions before being posted as missing. His commission came through afterwards. He received the 1939-45 Star, the AC Europe Star, the General Service Medal and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. The Operational Wings were posthumously awarded on November 4, 1946. There is a Star of David on his grave marker (photo on Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site). His brothers, Hyman and Joe, served with the Canadian Army. Pilot Officer Kay was born in Opatow, Poland.
- 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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