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Frederick Wilson Read

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Frederick Wilson Read

November 9, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/107555

Age:

27

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of John McCleave Read and Mary Chantler Read, of Bethune, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 108 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Plot K. Row 6. Grave 133.

Location:

Texel is one of the West Frisian islands, about 90 kilometres north of Haarlem; and Den Burg is its main town. Texel is reached by boat from Den Helder. The TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY is about 400 metres from the centre of Den Burg, and contains a special war graves plot, Plot K.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Frederick Wilson Read is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Frederick Wilson Read is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (1)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter (2)– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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