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Peers, Douglas Waldo (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-August-13

Birth Date: 1919 (age 25)

Son of J. Lelacheur Peers and Nina Ellis Peers; husband of Ada Elsie Peers, of North Port, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia.

Husband of Ada Elsie Peers, of North Port, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia.

Home: Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Service
RCAF
Unit
101 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Mens Agitat Molem Mind over matter
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Bomb Aimer
Service Numbers
J/89378
Prev: R/151027
101 Squadron (Mens Agitat Molem). Lancaster aircraft LM 598 missing during night operations to Brunswick, Germany. Sergeants B.S. Barber (RAF), M. Barss (RAF), C. Clay (RAF), G.H. Eaton (RAF), E. Hankinson (RAF), A.S. Lewis (RAF), Flight Lieutenant N. Marwood Tucker (RAF), F/Os R.V. Selenyi (RAF), and J.A. Turner (RAF) were also killed.

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Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

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