Christie, Frederick (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-October-02

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Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: William & Margaret Jane Christie

Spouse:

Home: Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

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

Base

Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

1053883

Home

Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland (parents)

Target

Krefeld Germany

Temporary Burial

Munchen-Gladbach Town Cemetery, near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
2 B 14

Took off from Linton-on-Ouse at 18:32 in Halifax Mk II (Sqn code EY- Bomber Command) on an operation to Krefeld Germany.

Shot down by a night fighter and crashed north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany.

Killed includes Christie: Flight Sergeant Thomas Aitken Stephenson RCAF R/84432 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. B. 13. Sergeant Harold Moffat Clark RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. B. 15-18. F/Lt Geoffrey Charles Foers RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. B. 15-18. Sergeant Leonard Millbrand RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. B. 15-18. Pilot Officer Victor Henry Parry RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. B. 15-18.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre