Shot down over the Bay of Biscay on a submarine patrol mission
Commorated on the Runnymede memorial as part of the work of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC):
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807085/shmigelsky,-peter/
Named on the Royal Canadian Air Force Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Memorial in Brandon, MB:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/9360
Honoured as part of the "Place of Honour Geographical Names Project" instituted by the Government of his home province of Manitoba, and as described on page 407 of the second editon of the book "Place of Honour", published in 2005:
https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/forest_lands/place_of_honour.pdf
Lake Shmigelsky, named in his honour, can be found at the GPS coordinates: 57.616944, -96.2263557
The Government of Canada maintains the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) which includes an entry for him:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807085?Peter%20Shmigelsky
Also commemorated on Page 213 of the Canadian "Second World War Book of Remembrance" held in Ottawa and displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 30, each year:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/page?page=213&book=2&sort=pageAsc
Commorated on the Runnymede memorial as part of the work of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC):
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807085/shmigelsky,-peter/
Named on the Royal Canadian Air Force Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Memorial in Brandon, MB:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/9360
Honoured as part of the "Place of Honour Geographical Names Project" instituted by the Government of his home province of Manitoba, and as described on page 407 of the second editon of the book "Place of Honour", published in 2005:
https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/forest_lands/place_of_honour.pdf
Lake Shmigelsky, named in his honour, can be found at the GPS coordinates: 57.616944, -96.2263557
The Government of Canada maintains the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) which includes an entry for him:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807085?Peter%20Shmigelsky
Also commemorated on Page 213 of the Canadian "Second World War Book of Remembrance" held in Ottawa and displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 30, each year:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/page?page=213&book=2&sort=pageAsc
Shot down over the Bay of Biscay on a submarine patrol mission
Commorated on the Runnymede memorial as part of the work of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC):
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807085/shmigelsky,-peter/
Named on the Royal Canadian Air Force Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Memorial in Brandon, MB:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/9360
Honoured as part of the "Place of Honour Geographical Names Project" instituted by the Government of his home province of Manitoba, and as described on page 407 of the second editon of the book "Place of Honour", published in 2005:
https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/forest_lands/place_of_honour.pdf
Lake Shmigelsky, named in his honour, can be found at the GPS coordinates: 57.616944, -96.2263557
The Government of Canada maintains the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) which includes an entry for him:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807085?Peter%20Shmigelsky
Also commemorated on Page 213 of the Canadian "Second World War Book of Remembrance" held in Ottawa and displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 30, each year:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/page?page=213&book=2&sort=pageAsc
Commorated on the Runnymede memorial as part of the work of The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC):
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1807085/shmigelsky,-peter/
Named on the Royal Canadian Air Force Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Memorial in Brandon, MB:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/9360
Honoured as part of the "Place of Honour Geographical Names Project" instituted by the Government of his home province of Manitoba, and as described on page 407 of the second editon of the book "Place of Honour", published in 2005:
https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/forest_lands/place_of_honour.pdf
Lake Shmigelsky, named in his honour, can be found at the GPS coordinates: 57.616944, -96.2263557
The Government of Canada maintains the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) which includes an entry for him:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1807085?Peter%20Shmigelsky
Also commemorated on Page 213 of the Canadian "Second World War Book of Remembrance" held in Ottawa and displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 30, each year:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/page?page=213&book=2&sort=pageAsc
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