HAYNES, Douglas Leslie
| Service Number: | 422517 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 50 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Carrington, Great Lakes - New South Wales, Australia, 30 July 1922 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Check Weigher |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 13 August 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bas-Oha Communal Cemetery, Belgium Collective grave Roll of Honour - Carrington, NSW, Bas-Oha Communal Cemetery, Bas-Oha, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 422517 | |
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| 22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422517, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
| 22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422517 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Douglas Haynes and Hilda Evelyn Haynes of Carrington, NSW
Plane was Lancaster NE 135 which crashed whilst returning from an air operations in Germany close to the town of Bas-Oha. The citizens erect a monument at the site and they also paid for the headstone in the Bas-Oha Cemetery which they maintain to this day.
At the time of the crash the German presence in the area was very heavy and the Germans refused to allow the citizens of Bas-Oha to hold a service at the time of burial. When the German left the area a week later the citizens held a mass at the grave site of the air crew
The body of one crew member , W.I. Warrington, was found the day after the crash in the Meusse river which is close to Bas-Oha
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