Pilot Officer King left Argentina 1940-09-27 and joined the RCAF in Ottawa
King, Douglas Stuart (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1941-December-30
Birth Date: 1917-November-16
Born: San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Parents: Son of Douglas and Inez Georgina (nee Bell) King, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brother of Dorthea, Sheila, Mavis and Enid.
Spouse:
Home: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1940-October-17
Service
RCAF
Unit
76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute
Base
Middleton-St-George
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/4824
Target
Brest France
Memorial - ABCC - Argentine British Community Council
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Crew or Other Personnel
Halifax L9615
Mission
Halifax B.Mk.II L9615
Bombing Brest France 1941-December-30 to 1941-December-30
76 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Middleton St George
76 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax aircraft L 9615 MP-X failed to return from a daylight attack on the German cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. Hit by flak, the Halifax crashed into the sea off the coast near Brest, France
Pilot Officer DS King (RCAF), Sergeant WR Gates (RCAF), Sergeant L Blair (RAFVR), Sergeant F Eaton (RAFVR), Sergeant PD Randall (RAF), Sergeant HJ Toski (RAFVR) and Sergeant SM Wilson (RAAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
Halifax L9615 B.Mk.II - Bombing Brest France - 1941-12-30 to 1941-12-30
Squadron: 76 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-12-30
Completion Date: 1941-12-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Brest France
Target Specific: Gneisenau and Scharnhorst
Base: RAF Middleton St George
Take Off Time: 11:22
Squadron Code: MP-X
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: into the sea
Crash Specifics: off the coast near Brest, France
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: Unspecified Marine Flak
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
76 Squadron (Resolute) RAF Middleton St George. Halifax aircraft L 9615 MP-X failed to return from a daylight attack on the German cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. Hit by flak, the Halifax crashed into the sea off the coast near Brest, France
Pilot Officer DS King (RCAF), Sergeant WR Gates (RCAF), Sergeant L Blair (RAFVR), Sergeant F Eaton (RAFVR), Sergeant PD Randall (RAF), Sergeant HJ Toski (RAFVR) and Sergeant SM Wilson (RAAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial