BELKIN, Paul
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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 Death
- October 09, 1943
- Place of Burial
- Myammar
- Cemetery
- Rangoon War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 22
- Enlistment No.
- J-87039
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Pilot Officer Paul Belkin of Calgary, Alberta, was reported missing after air operations over Japanese territory on October 9, 1943. Enlisting in the air force in 1941, Pilot Officer Belkin trained as an air gunner at Trenton, Ontario, and Mossbank, Saskatchewan. He was stationed in England for a short time before he transferred to India. Later he proceeded to Burma. One day after he was reported missing, his commission was announced. Pilot Officer Belkin was born in Russia. There is a Star of David on his grave marker. (See Veterans Affairs Canada web site.)
- 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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