GARSHOWITZ, Abram (Albert)
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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
- December 11, 1921
- Date of Death
- May 17, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- H-84377
- Rank
- Warrant Officer (Class II)
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Warrant Officer Garshowitz enlisted in the air force in 1940. After training at Brandon and Montreal, he received his wings at the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario, on April 1942 and proceeded overseas. He participated in raids over France, Italy and Germany, and was one of the R.C.A.F. members especially chosen for the successful blasting of the Mohne Dam in Germany on May 17, 1943. Attached to RAF Squadron 617, which became known as The Dambuster Squadron, he was the wireless operator of Lancaster Bomber AJ-B. His aircraft crashed at Marbeck, Germany, after hitting a hydro pylon while flying at low altitude during “Operation Chastise” on route to the Mohne Dam. The aircraft in which Garshowitz served as wireless air gunner was reported shot down by anti-aircraft fire as it approached the target. His crew was buried in the local cemetery at Borken, and re-interred at Reichswald in 1948. A Star of David is found on his tombstone. Warrant Officer (Class II) Abram Garshowitz of Hamilton, Ontario, was reported missing and presumed dead following air operations over enemy territory, according to an official report. In a letter to Garshowitz's parents, the Hon. Vincent Massey, then-Canadian High Commissioner in London, paid tribute to Garshowitz's courage. Garshowitz enlisted in the air force in 1940. After training at Brandon and Montreal, he received his wings at the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario, on April 1942 and proceeded overseas. He participated in raids over France, Italy and Germany.
- 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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