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Military service
Service number:
J/4824
Age:
24
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
76 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 16, 1917
San Martin, Buenos Aires
Enlistment:
October 17, 1940
Ottawa, Ontario
Death:
December 30, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 59.
Additional information
Son of Douglas and Inez Georgina (née Bell) King, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of Dorthea, Sheila, Mavis and Enid.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 21 February 1947.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Douglas Stuart King
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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