Whiting, Donald Stuart (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-August-21

Pilot Officer Donald Stuart Whiting RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-April-15

Born:

Parents: Son of Earl N. C. and Ethel M. Whiting, of Centralia, Ontario.

Spouse:

Home: Centralia, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

180 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Suaviter In Modo Fortiter In Re Agreeably in manner, forcibly in act

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/87877

Home
Google MapCentralia, Ontario
Target
Google MapElbeuf France
Temporary Burial
Google MapMoulineaux

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapBretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery
XXIII B 6
180 Squadron (Suaviter In Mode Fortiter In Re). Mitchell II aircraft FW 124 was shot down at Moulineaux, France during a night attack using GEE-H (radio navigation system) on German positions on the Seine River at Elbeuf, France. Pilot Officer D.S. Whiting, Flying Officer J.H. Bringloe, Pilot Officer A.J. Venn and Pilot Officer J.H.N. Cleminson (RAAF) were killed in the attack.(A. Storr) Addendum: - P/O. J.H.N. Cleminson (RAAF) was buried in the same cemetery as Whiting. Detail provided by Joel Huard, Serquigny, France. Cenotaph at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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