Melvin Samuel Kahn (Kohin)
Service number
R/133968
Military unit
1661 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF 434 Sqdn
Address
1 Clandenan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Date of birth
03 Oct 1920
Date of death
19 Feb 1943 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Employment, education or hobbies
Sales Clerk, Tip Top Tailors, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Family history
Son of Theodore and Minnie Kohin (Kahn) née Malovany (both born in Podlaskie, Poland) Naturalised Canadians, of 1 Clandenan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Military history
9 February 1943 Lancaster R5850 1661 HCU Take off RAF Winthorpe on night training, 21:22 hit telephone wire after over shooting the runway crashed and caught fire.
F/Sgt Melvin Kahn (Kohin) RCAF killed. He was buried at the Jewish Cemetery, Old Road, Wilford Hill, Nottingham. Flight Sergeant Kahn enlisted in the RCAF in August 1941 and took his training at Toronto, Eglinton Hunt Club, and Trenton. He received his wings at Fingal.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Melvin Samuel Kahn (Kohin)
Photo of Melvin Samuel Kahn (Kohin)
Photo of Melvin Samuel Kahn (Kohin)