552117 Flight Sergeant David Cowan Douglas.
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner.
The Royal Air Force.
423 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of David Cowan Douglas and Agnes née Cox Douglas, of Normanton.
His birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, in the quarter ended September 1921.
Husband of Maisie Lucy née Roberts Douglas, of Aston, Birmingham. Their marriage was registered in Birmingham, in the quarter ended June 1943.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
Brother of,
Margaret Douglas, b. 1924.
Mary D. Douglas, b. 1930.
William G. Douglas, b. 1932.
552117 Flight Sergeant David Cowan Douglas.
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner.
The Royal Air Force.
423 Squadron.
Aged 22.
Son of David Cowan Douglas and Agnes née Cox Douglas, of Normanton.
His birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, in the quarter ended September 1921.
Husband of Maisie Lucy née Roberts Douglas, of Aston, Birmingham. Their marriage was registered in Birmingham, in the quarter ended June 1943.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
Brother of,
Margaret Douglas, b. 1924.
Mary D. Douglas, b. 1930.
William G. Douglas, b. 1932.
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