Frazier William Joseph

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William Joseph Frazier is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

Four B17 Crashes Monument -Yonne

Name:

William Joseph Frazier

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-735487

Unit:

560th Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group

Date of Death:

1988-08-14

State:

West Virginia

Cemetery:

Raleigh National Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA

Plot:

Section 19

Row:

Grave:

Site 15

Decoration:

Comments:

Navigator of the B-17 Bomber Slightly Dangerous, taken off from Knettingshall on a mission to Stuttgart, was hit by anti-aircraft fire and attacked by six fighters, shooting four of them down. It crashed at Chapelle-Champigny, damaging a house. The lady-owner was killed. Two members, after successful parachute jumps, got back to England, two others were taken prisoners by the Germans but five others were killed in the crash. Frazier was taken prisoner and held in Stalag 7A in Moosburg.