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Military service
Service number:
J/25437
Age:
25
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1944
Sea Southwest of Serjero Islan, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 153.
Additional information
Son of William T. and Claire C. Fairgrieve, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Marjorie K. Fairgrieve.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
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Memorial
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Monument
Photo of Memorial dedicated 2/9 1945 to F/O Fairgrieve and a member of the RAF. Courtesy Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com -
Photo of William Chard Fairgrieve
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Group Photo
From left to right: William Fairgrieve, Joseph Srigley, Leonard Brown, from 428 squadron crew all died August 17, 1944. Photo from Robert E. Toomey, their crew mate. Courtesy of C. Lafleur -
Photo of William Fairgrieve
In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve 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 -
Group Photo
Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero. *** From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor and POW at Stalag Luft VII, Bankau. *** Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of Robert E. Toomey. Credit "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website. -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM CHARD FAIRGRIEVE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer William Chard Fairgrieve
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 302 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SEJERO CEMETERY Denmark
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