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Military service
Service number:
J/43876
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
April 18, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
51. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Ida Janet Fraser Ross.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
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Bank of Nova Scotia, WWII Honour Roll list
D F Ross was remembered during a general meeting of the Bank of Nova Scotia held on October 13, 1946. -
Commemorative Poster
Scotiabank produced this commemorative poster to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The poster was produced in English and in French. -
Photo of DONALD FRASER ROSS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Funeral on April 24, 1945
Fraser was a Flying Officer on board a Halifax bomber (NP946 "L") that was downed during a raid on the island of Heligoland, 18 April, 1945.<P> All 7 of the aircrew perished, and the bodies of only 3 of these 7 were recovered.<P> Buried alongside Fraser in Brookwood Military Cemtery were fellow crewmen F/Sgt Davey Newman and F/Sgt. George Franklin Montgomery. They are buried in Plot 51, Row C, graves 7, 8 and 9. The remaining 4 members of the crew are commemorated on Runnymede Memorial. -
Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Funeral on April 24, 1945
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Memorial
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross 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 -
Biography
The Book of Remembrance is a hand-lettered and illuminated book in which the names of all officers of The Bank of Nova Scotia are inscribed (including the amalgamated banks - The Bank of Ottawa and The Bank of New Brunswick) who died in The Great War (World War I) and World War II. -
Biography
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald Fraser Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 560 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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