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James Bruce Fraser

In memory of:

Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser

February 20, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88385

Age:

21

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

433 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Thomas Ogilvie Fraser and Margaret Bruce Fraser, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 309 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

6. J. 18.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer James Bruce Fraser is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES BRUCE FRASER– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES BRUCE FRASER– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– 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.
  • Newspaper Clipping– The Toronto Star May 28, 1945, page 18
  • Document– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Biography– From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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