Francis Joseph "Frank" Klapkew

1917 - 1945  (28 years)

• Name	Francis Joseph "Frank" Klapkew
  Born	1917	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2
  	Shot down in a mission he was navigator in a Mosquito. There was no room for parachutes in these tiny planes. Serving in the " City of Edmonton Intruder Squadron" R.C.A.F. Squadron #418 _______________ KLAPKEW, FRANCIS JOSEPH Rank: Flying Officer Trade: Nav. Service No: J/45220 Date of Death: 09/03/1945 Age: 27 Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force 418 Sqdn. Grave Reference Plot A. Row 1. Grave 5. Cemetery PUTTEN GENERAL CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of George and Anna Klapkew; husband of Helen May Klapkew, of Galt, Ontario, Canada. Photos from Putten, Gelderland. (2017). https://www.manyfoto.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017, from https://www.manyfoto.com/ie/nl/Putten,gelderland.html/radius-100/s-3
  Name	Frank Klapkew
  Residence	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-158047
  Died	9 Mar 1945	, Holland
  Buried	Putten General Cemetery, Putten, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  Person ID	I158047	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Klapkew,   b. 8 May 1886, , Galicia, Austria ,   d. 2 Apr 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Anna Joblanska,   b. CA 1890, Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F48936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen May,   b. CA 1920
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F48937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Francis Joseph Klapkew Image from Jaap Vermeer 2017

  
  

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  Born - 1917 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Mar 1945 - , Holland Buried - - Putten General Cemetery, Putten, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth