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Ian Fraser McWatt

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant Ian Fraser McWatt

August 11, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

112021

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Division:

158 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of His Honour Judge Daniel Fraser McWatt, and of Griselda McDonald McWatt, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 193 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 11. D. 4-7.

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Ian Fraser McWatt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant Ian Fraser McWatt is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Lieutenant Ian Fraser McWatt as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Lieutenant Ian Fraser McWatt as commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Ian Fraser McWatt– From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947. Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:F/L Ian McWatt, age 26, was killed on August 10, 1943, when a force of 653 aircraft attacked Nuremberg. His Halifax JD249, from 158 Squadron, was one of 16 aircraft lost that night. F/L McWatt is buried in the Durnbach War Cemetery.

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    Photo of Ian Fraser McWatt
    Photo of Ian Fraser McWatt – From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947. Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:F/L Ian McWatt, age 26, was killed on August 10, 1943, when a force of 653 aircraft attacked Nuremberg. His Halifax JD249, from 158 Squadron, was one of 16 aircraft lost that night. F/L McWatt is buried in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
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    Letter from the Sydney Academy

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