MARTIN, Douglas Thorne
| Service Number: | 407681 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Semaphore, South Australia, 4 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Marks College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11 January 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Leuchars Cemetery Leuchars Cemetery, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide St. Mark's College WW2 Honour Roll, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Dec 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, 407681 | |
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| 7 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 7 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407681 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Grace Neuhaus
Douglas Thorne Martin was born on the 4th of January 1920 in Semaphore SA to parents Philip Thomas and Ruby Emmeline Martin.
He enlisted into the RAAF on the 7th of December, 1940 and served as a Sergeant and Second Wireless Operator Air Gunner with the No. 455 Squadron, RAF Station Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland.
On the night of the 11th of January 1943, Martins aircraft, Hampden AN166 was one of 12 planes from the squadron tasked with targeting enemy vessels off the coast of Norway. The aircraft crashed soon after takeoff from Leuchars. There were four crew members on board, of which three survived. Douglas Thorne Martin was not among them.
He is buried in the Leuchars Cemetery in Fifeshire, Scotland.