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Re: Unknown RCAF airman, 429 Sqdn, 22/06/1943, NL
F/Sgt John Kopchuk was my uncle. I have done considerable research on 429 sqn and the fate of my uncle and his crew. The full details of them are on my site at http://www.429sqn.ca/dedicate.htm
Originally O'Reilly was the only body id'ed when they washed ashore. Orlinski and Kopchuk were id'ed after the war ended. Orlinski washed ashore a day or two later. He never got in the dingy. The other body in the dingy (Kopchuk and O'reilly were in the dingy) was never properly id'ed. When they dug the body up in '45-46 to id it they couldn't find the head. The fifth member of the crew was never recovered. So the law of averages figure that Star (the pilot) never got out. So the body never id'ed is probably the rear gunner William Parkinson.
Greg Kopchuk
gkopchuk@yahoo.com
www.429sqn.ca
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