Name
Flying Officer Frederick Leroy Vaupel
Born
1912-09-12
From
Aylesbury, SK
Occupation
Teacher
Death
1943-06-17
Where Died
Scilly Isles
Killed
Killed in Action
Monument
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Service Record 1
Highest Rank
Flying Officer
Conflict
Battalion
Company
Squadron 414
Enlisted
Enlistment Date
1940-11-18
Artefacts, Photographs & Resources
Visit the Online Collections of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre through the link below, for more information and artefacts related to this soldier.
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Notes
With 414 Squadron, he flew P-51 Mustangs for several months. During the final stage of the Battle of the Atlantic he was shot down and killed south of the Scilly Isles. Son of Ernest William and Nancy Vaupel, of Port Elgin, ON.Sources & Links
a) Macri, Franco David. “Port Elgin’s War.” Franco David Macri, 2015. Print.- Library & Archives Canada
- War Graves Commission
News Clippings
Fred and Ray Vaupel
