Close, Douglas Eston
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Douglas Eston |
Surname | Close |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Herbert Ivo and Elsie Close, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB405 |
Markings | PH-H Hellzapoppin |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Beauchery Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 5. |
Epitaph | FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 21 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 414337 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-05-1944 |
End Date | 04-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (83% moon) |
Operation | Mailly-le-Camp |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Beauchery-St-Martin after being intercepted by a night fighter |