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Military service
Service number:
J/94227
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
433 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1944
Southwest of Langeland, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Joint grave 2-60.
Additional information
Son of Clarence Horace and Lillian Fairall, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Maurice Elmer Fairall
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
RCAF letter to father confirming death of son. -
Letter
RCAF letter to father confirming discovery of son's body. -
Document
report on cause of crash -
Letter
letter to parents giving place of burial in Denmark -
Document
Aircrew members aboard Halifax M-2899 -
Document
German record -
Photo of Maurice Fairall
Official RCAF photo -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo Toronto Star newspaper cllipping -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Maurice Elmer Fairall is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Maurice Elmer Fairall is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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