Robert Benjamin Fraser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Note: RAF wings on right hand of uniform. Unit/Service unknown.
Object Number - UPL 20632 - 1st Lt Robert B Fraser 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Note: RAF wings on right hand of uniform. Unit/Service unknown.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Lt. Robert B. Frazer was killed on 28-Feb-44, when his P-51 Mustang QP-N, Serial No. 43-6656, flicked over due to torque at low landing speed. While returning from a local flight in Mustang QP-N (43-6656), an eye witness saw as Fraser was “making a turning approach into the field his plane stalled and flicked over on its back, then nosed straight in.” KIFA.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 551st Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 373rd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 411th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Anaheim, CA | 19 March 1921 | Son of B D Fraser. |
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Enlisted |
12 October 1942 | ||
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 17 August 1943 - 28 February 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 18 December 1943 | Promoted 1st Lieutenant. |
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Died |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 28 February 1944 | Killed on 28-Feb-44, when his P-51 Mustang QP-N, Serial No. 43-6656, flicked over due to torque at low landing speed. KIFA. |
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Buried |
2 March 1944 | Cambridge American Military Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK Plot C Row 5 Grave 45 | |
| Fullerton, CA, USA | |||
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Other Flight training |
Draft registration record shows he was under instruction by RCAF, whose wings he wore in addition to his USAAC wings. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- ABMC;
- Roll of Honor ;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
