Name:
Frederick Stephen Raftery
Rank:
Flying Officer
Serial Number:
J/26452
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-10-25
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Plot:
Coll. grave 14. E. 15-18.
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Frederick Stephen Raftery was the son of John J. and Hannah A. Raftery. of Everett, Massachusetts. He served in the 428 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer during World War II. He was Killed in Action on October 25, 1944, when his Lancaster aircraft #KB 737 crashed 10 miles southwest of Essen at Buckholz, during a daylight operation to Essen, Germany.