Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial In memory of Sergeant John Barth Koepke who died on 13 Jul 1943 Service details Conflict WWII Service RCAF Unit No. 111 Operational Training Unit, Royal Canadian Air Force Rank Sergeant Service number R163792 Date of death 19430713 Cause of death killed in action Narrative history R163792 Sergeant (RCAF wireless air gunner) (John) Barth Koepke (b.1920) of Regina was KIA 19430713 and is commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial for airmen from the North American theatre who died with no known grave. Koepke's Mitchell crashed southwest of Clifton Point, Nassau, Bahamas, on a patrol/training flight from No. 111 Operational Training Unit. His nephew Charles Barth (Chuck) Koepke (1943-2004), well known blind golfer from Regina, was named after him two months after his death. Koepke's father John came from Hanover, Grey Co., Ontario, and homesteaded at Olds, Alberta, before coming to Regina in 1912 to work as a carpenter and contractor. His mother Johanna Gertrude (Barth) was a native oif Chemnitz, Germany. Barth attended Strathcona, Central and Balfour Tech, and planned a career in meteorology. He was working as a clerk at Regina Industries when he enlisted at Regina in 1942. B Daschuk and JB McArthur died on the same flight Memorial information Saskatchewan rural municipality for 159 - Sherwood commemoration Grave or memorial location Ottawa Memorial, Ontario (Link to Commonwealth War Graves Commission web page: h ttp://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2059500/OTTA WA%20MEMORIAL) Honour roll location(s) Regina Geo-memorial Koepke Bay Geo-memorial location 54.4,-107.35 Geo-memorial NTS map reference 73J6 Copyright (c) 2012 Saskatchewan War Memorial Project Inc and Bill Barry. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 4 Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial In memory of Sergeant John Barth Koepke who died on 13 Jul 1943 Personal information Date of birth 19201014 Place of birth Regina Enlisted on 19420514 Place of enlistment Regina Residence on enlistment Regina Occupation clerk PDF documents on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial web site Attestation https://svwm.ca/images/wc_ww2/k_m/Koepke JB R163792 - 3.pdf Attestation https://svwm.ca/images/wc_ww2/k_m/Koepke JB R163792 - 4.pdf Service record https://svwm.ca/images/wc_ww2/k_m/Koepke JB R163792 - 1.pdf Service record https://svwm.ca/images/wc_ww2/k_m/Koepke JB R163792 - 2.pdf Links to external web pages Balfour memorial plaque http://balfour.rbe.sk.ca/archives_memorialplaquenames Copyright (c) 2012 Saskatchewan War Memorial Project Inc and Bill Barry. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 4 Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial In memory of Sergeant John Barth Koepke who died on 13 Jul 1943 Map Copyright (c) 2012 Saskatchewan War Memorial Project Inc and Bill Barry. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 4 Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial In memory of Sergeant John Barth Koepke who died on 13 Jul 1943 Photo Copyright information The information above is Copyright(c) Bill Barry; all rights reserved. Permission is granted to use this information for personal use and for use in a school classroom environment only. For all other uses, please submit a request through the web site Contact Form. Copyright (c) 2012 Saskatchewan War Memorial Project Inc and Bill Barry. All rights reserved. Page 4 of 4 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).