William MacMillan Fraser
Service number
J/15238
Military unit
408 Sqdn 434 Sqdn
Address
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Date of birth
Date of death
27 Mar 1942 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland.
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Son of Angus and Grace Fraser, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Military history
Enlisted RCAF under age, stating his birth year as 1921 when on his entry into Canada as a child it was entered as 1923 on multiple documents.
27/28 March 1942 Hampden AE219 408 Sqn. Took off 19.27 from RAF Balderton to mine lay the Weser Estuary. Intercepted 22.21, North Sea off Terschelling by Bf110 R4+DM night fighter piloted by Oblt Rudolf Schoenert and Ofw Johannes Richter 5/NJG2 killing all crew.
P/O William Fraser RCAF
WO2 Alger Jenkins RCAF - US Citizen.
Sgt Arthur Trawford
Sgt Herman Bird
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of William MacMillan Fraser