Military service
Burial/memorial information
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.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Douglas Joseph Eastham
Image gallery
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Douglas Eastham and his soon to be bride on June 4 1928 near Montreal.
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Douglas Eastham, age 24, July 2 1934 near Montreal
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Formal portrait photo most likely taken for his position with the Bank of Montreal. Taken 1934.
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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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Failed to return from sortie February 24th, 1944. Crash site found five years later Bermeringen, France.
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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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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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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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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 298 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERMERING (BERMERANGE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Moselle, France
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