DAMBUSTERS Spafford, Frederick Michael

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Spafford ​

• FORENAME

Frederick Michael ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

407380 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany Coll.grave 16.B.13-16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 16.6.1918 Wayville,Adelaide,South Australia​

son of James Bourke and Vida Muriel Spafford​

enlisted RAAF 14.9.1940 Adelaide,South Australia​

Sergeant 6.5.1941​

to England 27.5.1941​

83 Squadron​

455 Squadron​

50 Squadron 24.4.1942​

award DFM (20.10.1942) (Sgt)​

Flight Sgt 6.11.1942​

Pilot Officer 15.1.1943​

1660 CU 17.1.1943​

617 Squadron March 1943​

award DFC (Dams raid)​

Flying Officer 15.7.1943​

air bomber​

Lancaster EE144​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed Altendorf,Germany​

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