Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas Joseph Eastham
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Douglas Joseph Eastham
February 24, 1944
Military Service
C/7735
35
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
405 Squadron
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Operational Wings posthumously awarded 4 November 1946.
Additional Information
November 25, 1908
Saint Anne's on the Sea, United Kingdom
Son of Henry Eastham, Regimental Number 110148, 5th Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment) died of wounds 20 December 1916 and Beatrice Anne Eastham deceased May 1941. Husband of Margaret Helen and father of Margaret June Eastham, of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Brother of Mrs. Joan Salisbury and Mrs Marjorie Macheau. Pilot Officer Eastham will be commemorated in the middle of the village of Bermering, France, at the spot of impact of a large piece of fuselage on July 4, 2004.
Commemorated on Page 298 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERMERING (BERMERANGE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Moselle, France
Grave 3.
Bermering (or Bermerange) is a village some 45 kilometres south-east of Metz and 6 kilometres south-east of Morhange, a small town at the intersection of the N. 74. The communal cemetery is on the eastern side of the village, on the road to Benestroff.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Joseph Eastham is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Douglas Joseph Eastham is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DOUGLAS JOSEPH EASTHAM – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of DOUGLAS JOSEPH EASTHAM – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Burial Card – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Douglas Joseph Eastham and his fiancee – Douglas Eastham and his soon to be bride on June 4 1928 near Montreal. -
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Photo of Douglas Joseph Eastham – Douglas Eastham, age 24, July 2 1934 near Montreal -
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Photo 2 of Douglas Joseph Eastham – Formal portrait photo most likely taken for his position with the Bank of Montreal. Taken 1934. -
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Group picture – Left to right FO Douglas G Eastham, mid upper gunner (KIA, Sgt. Stan 'Shorty' Kay, rear gunner (KIA), FO Basil Deleval 'Scotty' Jackson, pilot (POW), O G. A. 'Jack' Radford, Navigator (POW), PO R. H. 'Bob' Froebirger, bomb aimer (POW) -
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Photo of Douglas Joseph Eastham – Failed to return from sortie February 24th, 1944. Crash site found five years later Bermeringen, France.
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