William Elmslie Frew

William Elmslie Frew was a Flight Lieutenant, service number 50286. CWGC records his death on 27 August 1944, aged 30, and his burial at Randbol Churchyard in Denmark. The local award trail records his DFC.

Aircrew Remembered’s Allied Losses entry and Aviation Safety Network provide the final-loss context. They identify Frew as mid-upper gunner in Lancaster III PB292, code OL-S, of No. 83 Squadron, flying from Coningsby for Konigsberg on 26 August 1944. ASN records that the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and that Frew is buried at Randbol Churchyard. It also lists the wider crew, including Squadron Leader James Victor Verran, Sergeant B. Smith, Squadron Leader Albert Sydney Perkins, Warrant Officer Raymond Ernest Page, Flight Sergeant Alwyn Victor Howarth and Pilot Officer Keith George Tennent. These details are used because the sources identify Frew by service number 50286. These records tie the same name to the same service number, award trail and casualty date, reducing the risk of confusing him with another airman of similar name.