Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- 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
Personal info
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