Currie, David Fraser (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

Pilot Officer David Fraser Currie RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-July-13

Born: Pictou, Nova Scotia

Parents: James & Rena Currie

Spouse:

Home: Montague, Prince Edward Island (parents)

Enlistment: Moncton, New Brunswick

Enlistment Date: 1942-November-19

Service

RCAF

Unit

61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/90350
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Home
Google MapMontague, Prince Edward Island (parents)
Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapNiederseebach Communal Cemetery

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapCholoy War Cemetery
Plot 3 Row F Joint grave 9-10

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 22:18 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code QR-T Bomber Command) on an operation to Stuttgart Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter in-bound and crashed near Niederseeback, 14km west of the German border.

Killed includes Currie: Flying Officer Peter Paul Brosko RCAF J/28773 MURDERED )by a German named Kramer, a member of the SS. Post war Kramer was found guilty of murder by the Allied Court and executed.)Choloy War Cemetery, France, Plot 3. Row F. Grave 8. Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie RCAF J/90349 KIA Choloy War Cemetery, Plot 3. Row F. Joint grave 9-10. WO William Reddington MacPherson RAF pilot KIA Choloy War Cemetery, Plot 3. Row F. Grave 12. Sergeant Gerald Harry Postins RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery, Plot 3. Row F. Grave 11. Sergeant William James Smith RAF KIA Choloy War Cemetery, Plot 3. Row F. Grave 7.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster LM452

Flying Officer Peter Paul Brosko RCAF

Flying Officer Brosko, Peter Paul (RCAF)
Navigator
Murdered
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Pilot Officer David Fraser Currie RCAF

Pilot Officer Currie, David Fraser (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Pilot Officer John Wallace Allan Mackie RCAF

Pilot Officer Mackie, John Wallace Allan (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-Etmoselle, France

Warrant Officer William Reddington MacPherson RAFVR

Warrant Officer MacPherson, William Reddington (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Raymond Gerald McMillan RCAF

Pilot Officer McMillan, Raymond Gerald (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Prisoner of War
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Gerald Harry Postins RAFVR

Sergeant Postins, Gerald Harry (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Sergeant William James Smith RAFVR

Sergeant Smith, William James (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III LM452

Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-July-29 to 1944-July-29

61 (B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe

STUTTGART 494 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups in the last raid of the current series on this target. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a bright moon and 39 Lancasters were shot down, 7·9 per cent of the force.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt