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Son of Thomas Ogilvie Fraser and Margaret Bruce Fraser, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
The Toronto Star May 28, 1945, page 18
From //rcaf.com/6group; They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba:
The crew of Halifax KX-230, 433 Squadron, participated in a raid on Leipzig on the night of Feb. 19/20, 1944, from which 18 crews failed to return.
Buried with P.O. Fraser in the Berlin War Cemetery are the following crew members:
P/O (P) Robert. J. McKay, 24, from Hamilton, Ont.
P/O (N) John E. Davidson, age 21, from New Westminster, B. C.
P/O (BA) John Oliver, 21, from Hamilton, Ont.
P/O (AG) John Hein, age 22, from Artland, Sask.
and two members of the RAF:
Sgt. (WAG) Frederick W. Daplyn, age 21, and Sgt. (FE) John J. Murphy, age 20.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
The Toronto Star May 28, 1945, page 18
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser
From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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The Toronto Star May 28, 1945, page 18 From //rcaf.com/6group; They Shall Grow Not Old, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba: The crew of Halifax KX-230, 433 Squadron, participated in a raid on Leipzig on the night of Feb. 19/20, 1944, from which 18 crews failed to return. Buried with P.O. Fraser in the Berlin War Cemetery are the following crew members: P/O (P) Robert. J. McKay, 24, from Hamilton, Ont. P/O (N) John E. Davidson, age 21, from New Westminster, B. C. P/O (BA) John Oliver, 21, from Hamilton, Ont. P/O (AG) John Hein, age 22, from Artland, Sask. and two members of the RAF: Sgt. (WAG) Frederick W. Daplyn, age 21, and Sgt. (FE) John J. Murphy, age 20.
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The Toronto Star May 28, 1945, page 18
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 309 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Germany
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse.
From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz.
Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
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