In memory of

Flying Officer

Frederick George Small

who died on 9 Oct 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 434 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flying Officer
  Service number J20847
  Date of death 19431009
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  J20847 Flying Officer (No. 434 Bluenose Squadron RCAF pilot) Frederick George Small (b.1917) of Regina was KIA 19431009 and is buried at Hamburg cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany. Small's Halifax was shot down at Fallingsbastel near Schwarmstedt during a night raid on Hanover. He was the son of John Charles and Sarah Ann (Vaughan) Small of Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Fred was born at Winnipeg and spent over three years at Lac du Bonnet with Manitoba Government Air Services as an air engineer before accepting a position with Prairie Airways at Regina in 1940. He enlisted late the next year.

Small Lake south of North Knife Lake, Manitoba (64H11), was also named in his honour in 1944.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Hamburg war cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany    

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  Honour roll location(s) Regina
  Geo-memorial Small Island, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.0833°N / 106.95°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 74B2
  Geo-memorial details In Airway Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19170314
  Place of birth Winnipeg, Manitoba    
  Date of enlistment 19411006
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation air engineer
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