Dolphin, Douglas James

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-11-18

Birth Date: 1920-June-30

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Charles Bramel & Doris Alexandrine (nee Stovel) Dolphin

Home: Toronto, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment Date: 1941-10-27

Service

RCAF

Unit

201 (MP) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Hic Et Ubique Here and everywhere

Base

RAF Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

J/6397

Home

Toronto, Ontario (parents)

First Burial

Runnymede Memorial Surrey, England.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Sunderland Mk.III W4036

Convoy Patrol 1943-November-17 to 1943-November-18

201 (MP) Sqn (RAF) RAF Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland

War Memorial Lough Erne in Co Fermanagh to the Crew who were killed along with an adjoining memorial to 8 crew killed just over a year later on a Catalina Memorial image contributed by Keith Livingstone

Training Accident. Sunderland aircraft crashed while practicing night lands on flarepath. Sank at Rossmore, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Others killed:

Sergeant John Bosanko GREEN (1149192)
Sergeant Elvet PARRY (1434601) Air Gunner Commemorated Mold Cemetery, United Kingdom

Operatins Record Books Summary Operations Record Book 201 Squadron

Cliffs of Magho Viewpoint - location of cairns overlooking crash site for Sunderland W4036 and Catalina JX242 a year later.

Findagrave.com

Sunderland W4036

Flight Lieutenant Dolphin, Douglas James (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-18
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Short Sunderland

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (DND Photo)
Short Sunderland, coded Z, 15 Apr 1943

The Short S.25 Sunderland was a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England.

Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial Airways, the Sunderland was developed specifically to conform to the requirements of British Air Ministry Specification R.2/33 for a long-range patrol/reconnaissance flying boat to serve with the Royal Air Force (RAF). As designed, it served as a successor to the earlier Short Sarafand flying boat. Sharing several similarities with the S.23, it featured a more advanced aerodynamic hull and was outfitted with various offensive and defensive armaments, including machine gun turrets, bombs, aerial mines, and depth charges. The Sunderland was powered by four Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engines and was outfitted with various detection equipment to aid combat operations, including the Leigh searchlight, the ASV Mark II and ASV Mark III radar units, and an astrodome.

The Sunderland was one of the most powerful and widely used flying boats throughout the Second World War. In addition to the RAF, the type was operated by other Allied military air wings, including the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), South African Air Force (SAAF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), French Navy, Norwegian Air Force, and the Portuguese Navy. During the conflict, the type was heavily involved in Allied efforts to counter the threat posed by German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic.Wikipedia

Wikipedia Short Sunderland