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Pilot Officer Chester J. Rozek

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Pilot Officer Chester J. Rozek

Birth
Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
19 Jun 1942 (aged 29)
Alliston, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Section 24. Lot 157. East grave.
Memorial ID
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Pilot Officer Rozek was one of two airmen who lost their lives when #1 SFTS's North American Harvard (#2651) aircraft crashed near Alliston, Ontario, during an instrument flying exercise. Leading Aircraftman David Francis BROMLEY also perished in this aircraft accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/10768
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School [Camp Borden, Ontario]

A glass foreman by trade, residing on Avondale Avenue in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Hamilton.

Son of John and Mary (née Bartkiewicz) Rozek of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [both parents born in Poland].

Pilot Officer Chester Rozek is commemorated on Page 111 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer Rozek was one of two airmen who lost their lives when #1 SFTS's North American Harvard (#2651) aircraft crashed near Alliston, Ontario, during an instrument flying exercise. Leading Aircraftman David Francis BROMLEY also perished in this aircraft accident.
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/10768
Age: 29
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #1 Service Flying Training School [Camp Borden, Ontario]

A glass foreman by trade, residing on Avondale Avenue in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 24 July 1941 in Hamilton.

Son of John and Mary (née Bartkiewicz) Rozek of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [both parents born in Poland].

Pilot Officer Chester Rozek is commemorated on Page 111 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Inscription

ROZEK
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PILOT OFFICER CHESTER J. ROZEK, NO. J10768 R. C. A. F. /
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE JUNE 19, 1942
AGED 28 YEARS.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134332957/chester_j-rozek: accessed ), memorial page for Pilot Officer Chester J. Rozek (3 Jan 1913–19 Jun 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 134332957, citing Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).