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Military service
Service number:
J/14533
Age:
23
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
235 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
January 9, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3rd Compt. Sec. D. Grave 20.
Additional information
Son of Walter and Lela Douglas, of Belleville, Ontario, Canada. 3rd Compt.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
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Memorial
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Memorial Plaque
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Grave Marker
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Photo of Donald Banbury Douglas
J14533 Flight Lieutenant Donald B. Douglas, born 10-10-21 <p>Former student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute (Toronto) -
Letter
Crash report from British records for F/Lt Douglas' Mosquito which crashed during an air test. Information is from the Dutch organization Bomber Command Search (Christel & Ger Boogmans) -
Document
F/Lt Douglas' school registration card 1938. The writing is his. The comments on the bottom are from the office staff at Lawrence Park Collegiate in Toronto on news of his death. It was only recently they learned of the reason for his death. -
Document
Douglas bails out of an Anson when it runs out of gas on a night training mission in New Brunswick (1941) Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
Accident Investigation into fatal flight Jan 45 - page 1 Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document (Page 2)
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Document (Page 3)
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Document (Page 4)
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Letter
First letter from G/C Max Aitken, CO of 235 Sqdn. to Mr. Douglas Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (2) page 1
Second letter from G/C Max Aitken CO of 235 Sqdn. to Mr. Douglas. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (2) page 2
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Telegram
Immediate telegram to report crash of Douglas to RAF HQ Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document (3)
A list of F/O Douglas' training courses. -
Document (4)
The list of qualifications Douglas had aquired in the RCAF. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter
Letter from the Estates Branch of the RCAF answering an inquiry from Mr. Douglas as to the location of his son's three diaries. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (page 1)
Mr. Douglas sent this letter to the Chief of Air Staff after receiving the RCAF Estates Branch letter saying his sons diaries were destroyed. page 1 Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (Page 2)
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Letter
Letter to the Chief of Air Staff from the Director of Estates (RCAF). What really happened we will never know, but somehow Douglas' diaries have 'disappeared'. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Photo of Donald Banbury Douglas
This picture was in his Pers file in Ottawa (2006). It was probably taken in Canada before he left for England. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Photo of Donald Banbury Douglas
This RCAF photo shows Douglas after he achieved his Wings. (25 Sept 43) Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Cenotaph
Memorial near Boyndie Aerodrome, formerly RAF Banff. -
Cenotaph
Info plate on memorial near Boyndie aerodrome, formerly RAF Banff. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Donald Banbury Douglas
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 510 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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