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Personal info

Full name
PHAIR, Maurice Andrew
Date of birth
24 December 1918
Age
24
Place of birth
Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine

Military service

Service number
R/101179
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Function
Pilot
Unit
106 Squadron RAF,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1943
Place of death
Dusseldorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany
unknown

Immediate family

Members
Mark T. Phair (father)
Bertha R. (Foote) Phair (mother)
Anna M. Phair (sister)

More information

Flight Sergeant Maurice A. Phair apparently would be transferred soon to the U.S. Army Air Forces.

He participated in 16 bomber operations from 9 September 1942 to 13 January 1943.

Sgt Phair was initially buried at the military cemetery of Dusseldorf.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.cwgc.org, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Report of Death of an American Citizen, The Daily News, www.bombercrew.com/forum, McBean Family tree

Photo source: FOHF, https://twitter.com - Immigrants of War twitter