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Military service
Service number:
J/7005
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
417 Sqdn.
Birth:
June 6, 1920
Nelson, British Columbia
Enlistment:
December 18, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 19, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 271.
Additional information
Son of Douglas and Florence Bruce (nee Waters) of Smithers, British Columbia. Brother of Vernon Randolph and Athlyn Eleonor Bruce.
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Group Photo
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Group Photo
11 September 1942 Canadian pilots in the Middle East, 417 Sqn. While P/0 D. E. Bruce (left) of Penticton, B. C. mops his brow, P/0 J. M. Gibson of Kingsville and Windsor, Ont., appropriately croons "Sand in my Shoes" as they sit on a sand embankment and swelter under the burning Middle East sun. -
Group Photo
417 Squadron at RAF Charmy Down. F/O Bruce, middle row 4th from left -
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F/O Douglas E. Bruce -
Photo of Douglas Earl Bruce
Pilot Officer / Officier pilote D.E. Bruce -
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Flight Lieutenant / Lieutenant d'aviation D.E. Bruce. North Africa / Afrique du nord - 1942 -
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F/O Douglas Bruce, 417 Squadron, Egypt 1943 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Earl Bruce
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 141 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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