Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Douglas George McKay
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Douglas George McKay
July 14, 1943
Military Service
R/124347
23
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
408 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Robert George and Dorothy Lillian McKay, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Commemorated on Page 191 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TILBURG (GILZERBAAN) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands
Plot A. Row 1. Coll. grave 29-30.
Tilburg is a town lying close to the Dutch-Belgian border. It is 20 kilometres east of Breda, about the same distance south of 's-Hertogenbosch, and 30 kilometres north-north-east of the Belgian town of Turnhout. The TILBURG (GILZERBAAN) GENERAL CEMETERY is about 4 kilometres from the town centre, at the northern end of the Gilzerbaan, which is the by-pass skirting the town. It is in a little lane leading off this road. The 1939-45 war graves are near the entrance gates.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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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 – Flight Sergeant Douglas George McKay 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 George McKay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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