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Douglas Haig McAlpine

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig McAlpine

April 17, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/68396

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Son of Edwin Fletcher McAlpine and Kathleen McAlpine.

Commemorated on Page 95 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 6. G. 7-15.

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig McAlpine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig McAlpine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig McAlpine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Douglas Haig McAlpine is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Douglas Haig McAlpine– Douglas McAlpine and his brother W. B. McAlpine, lived at 90 Sterling St. Douglas attended South Collegiate and enlisted in 1940. He won his Wing as an Air Gunner and joined #44 Rhodesia Squadron in the United Kingdom. His squadron was part of daylight raids over German on August 17, 1942. His Lancaster bomber was shot down on the way to Augsburg, Germany.

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    Photo of Douglas Haig McAlpine
    Photo of Douglas Haig McAlpine – Douglas McAlpine and his brother W. B. McAlpine, lived at 90 Sterling St. Douglas attended South Collegiate and enlisted in 1940. He won his Wing as an Air Gunner and joined #44 Rhodesia Squadron in the United Kingdom. His squadron was part of daylight raids over German on August 17, 1942. His Lancaster bomber was shot down on the way to Augsburg, Germany.

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