- 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
DATE OF DEATH:
16-Sep-1943AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/spafford-frederick-michael.34855/
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