DOUGLAS, James Watkins
| Service Number: | 424566 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 625 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Probate Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Stattmatten, France, 12 September 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sessenheim Communal Cemetery Grave 3. Headstone Inscription "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER", Sessenheim Communal Cemetery, Sessenheim, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour, Strathfield Uniting Church WW2 Carillon |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424566 | |
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| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424566, No. 625 Squadron (RAF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424566 | |
| 27 Sep 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424566, No. 625 Squadron (RAF), Embarked at Melbourne for overseas service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Watkins Douglas and Sarah Elizabeth Douglas of Sydney, NSW
Subjects passed at school - English, Mathmatics, French, History, Geograhpy. In December 1941 he received his Diploma of Bookkeeping at the Metropolian Business College
Sports played were cricket, swimming and tennis
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Lancaster NF965 of Number 622 Squadron RAF was hit by flak and collided in the air with LM512 of Number 625 Squadron RAF with both aircraft crashing near the village of Stattmatten in France - target: Frankfurt, Germany
LM512
RAAF 417807 Flying Officer Cornish (Captain - Pilot)
RAAF 424566 Flight Sergeant Douglas (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAF Flight Sergeant R E L Askie (Navigator)
RAF Sergeant R E Evans (Air Bomber)
RAF Sergeant R G Barker (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sergeant A B O’Connor (Rear Gunner)
RAF Sergeant C H Rose (Flight Engineer)
RAF Pilot Officer D S Tointon (2nd Pilot)
NF965
RAAF 434128 Flight Sergeant Vieritz (Wireless Air Gunner)
RAAF 424417 Flying Officer Jamieson (Navigator)
RAF Sergeant S Minnis (Mid Upper Gunner)
RAF Sergeant D T Forest (Rear Gunner)
RAF Flying Officer G W Owen Captain (Pilot)
RAF Sergeant W A Drewett (Flight Engineer
RAF Flying Officer O J Tofield (Air Bomber) - buried in the Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
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