Fraser, Douglas Gordon (Flying Officer)

Interned Prisoner 1942-November-17

Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Fraser RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Parents:

Spouse: Husband of MH Fraser, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 (Ferry) OADU- Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (RAF)

Base

Portreath

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/8216

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On November 17, 1942, Pilot Officer DG Fraser (RCAF), Sergeant HS Machan (RAF), and Sergeant WD Lloyd (RAF) made a forced landing in 1 Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit Blenheim V aircraft BA 807 (13 Sqn RAF) at Mazarron, Murcia, Spain during a ferry flight from Portreath, England to Gibraltar in support of the TORCH landings in North Africa. The complete crew were interned, unhurt, at Albacete, Spain and were released to Gibraltar on January 15, 1943

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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Blenheim serial: BA807

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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