Guide to the D. S. S. Fraser Collection, 1942
Record Group 106
Date Span 1942
Extent 5 items
Biographical Sketch: D. S. S. Fraser was an RAF pilot who trained during World War 2 at the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at Napier Field, AL. He was a member of the class 42H. According to information from the donor, Fraser lived in England (probably Cornwall), was an amateur radio operator ("ham"), and died in the Spring of 2010.
Scope / Content: Contains certificates, photographs, and a souvenir booklet that document at least part of Fraser's training at Napier Field, AL, at the US Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School in 1942.
Organization Item level control.
Provenance Donor David Kemplen, a fellow amateur radio operator in the UK, rescued Fraser's items from the trash bin after Fraser's death. Somehow he found the The Wiregrass Archives and mailed the materials here in June 2010.
Preferred Citation [Item], D. S. S. Fraser Collection, RG106. Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.
Access/User Limits? Open per gift agreement
Date processed: June 2010
Processed By: TB / MTO / HMc
CALENDAR
106-10-0603-ITM-001: 6x8" Photo portrait of Fraser
106-10-0603-ITM-002: 8x10" Photo (landscape) possibly of Class 42H
106-10-0603-ITM-003: Certificate of Proficiency in Instrument Flying
106-10-0603-ITM-004: Class Graduation Program
106-10-0603-ITM-005: Souvenir booklet, "Welcome to Napier Field . . ."
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