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Military service
Service number:
R/159134
Age:
20
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
15 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
July 21, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
24. I. 5.
Additional information
Son of Oscar William Oakes and Vera Adrianna Oakes, of Colinton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
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Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Lancaster R-5904 was airborne 2330 20 Jul 44 from Mildenhall on a mission over Hamburg. It crashed 0140 21Jul44 near the hamlet of Steelhoven (Noord-Brabant), 7 km NW of OOsterhout. Those who were killed are buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The RAF crew killed were: F/L W.J.Bell DFC, F/L D.G.Evans, F/S P.B.Sweatman, Sgt J.B.Brennan, and Sgt T.S.Brookfield. P/O A.D.Hayden initially evaded but was captured at Turnhout 26Jul44. Recorded as having been incarcerated in Antwerp Prison. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
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Photo of FRED GLEN OAKES
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Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Fred Glen Oakes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 406 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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