Zakow, Nick (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-February-09

Flying Officer Nick Zakow RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-October-14

Born:

Parents: Son Of Dmytro and Lena Zaiczkowski, of Windsor, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Windsor, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

159 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quo Non, Quando Non Wither not? when not?

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/45103
Prev: R/261154

Home
Google MapWindsor, Ontario
Target
Google MapKhalHuaGang India
Temporary Burial
Google MapTaukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Burma
Final Burial
Google MapYangon/Rangoon War Cemetery
Coll grave 7A E 10-17
159 Squadron (Quo Non Quando Paragasamu). Target - Khal-Hua-Gang, India. The crew of Liberator aircraft KH 255 were engaged in a bombing operation when their aircraft caught fire in mid-air. The aircraft crashed and the bombs exploded on impact south of Moulmein, Burma. Flight Lieutenant W.G. Schroeder, F/Os R. Talbot, R.L. McMillan, K.G. Johnson, Pilot Officer F.J. Conway, and two of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Flying Officer Zakow had changed his surname from Zaiczkowski.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator KH255

Pilot Officer Francis James Conway RCAF

Pilot Officer Conway, Francis James (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Yangon/Rangoon War Cemetery, Yangoon, Myanmar

Flying Officer Kristinn Gudmundur Johnson RCAF

Flying Officer Johnson, Kristinn Gudmundur (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Yangon/Rangoon War Cemetery, Yangoon, Myanmar

Flying Officer Richard Lyle McMillan RCAF

Flying Officer McMillan, Richard Lyle (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Singapore War Memorial, Singapore

Flight Lieutenant William Gerald Schroeder RCAF

Flight Lieutenant Schroeder, William Gerald (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Yangon/Rangoon War Cemetery, Yangoon, Myanmar

Flying Officer Robert Talbot RCAF

Flying Officer Talbot, Robert (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Htauk Kyant War Memorial Cemetery, Pyay Road, Yangon, Myanmar

Flying Officer Nick Zakow RCAF

Flying Officer Zakow, Nick (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1945-February-09
Yangon/Rangoon War Cemetery, Yangoon, Myanmar