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Military service
Service number:
J/40731
Age:
22
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
434 Sqdn.
Death:
March 31, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3A. J. 10.
Additional information
Son of Gordon H. and Dorothy Rathwell, of Lachine, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
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Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DOUGLAS GORDON RATHWELL
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
The head shot was obtained from the McGill University archives where Douglas studied Commerce before enlisting. He began his military career as a radio operator and then retrained as a navigator. He was killed on March 31, 1945 during a mission over Hamburg. The other two clips are from newspaper articles at the time. -
Photo of Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Courtesy McGill University archives -
Newspaper Clipping
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell obit Montreal Star May 9 1945 courtesy McGill University archives -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Rathwell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 557 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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