Marean, Fred Aten (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-March-12

Flight Sergeant Fred Aten Marean RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: Son of Frederick Albert and Dorcas G. Aten Marean, of Estlin, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Estlin, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

78 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/107744

Target
Google MapEssen Germany
Final Burial
Google MapUden War Cemetery
4 C 2
78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus). Target - Essen, Germany. The crew of Halifax aircraft DT 774 were on their way to the target when they were shot down by an enemy night fighter aircraft. The aircraft crashed near a farmhouse at Grafwegen, Germany. Six of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. A special memorial plaque was put up near the crash site in 1977.