Cawker, Douglas Earl
Personal Information
Rank | F/L |
Forename(s) | Douglas Earl |
Surname | Cawker |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Mitchell Cawker and of Alice Marian Cawker (Nee Willcox), of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LK779 |
Markings | QO-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. D. 2. |
Epitaph | O VALIANT HEART, ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR, ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE ... YOUR LESSER CALVARY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/8759 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 432 (Leaside) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Cawker Lake, Manitoba; Mid-way between Lakes Lake Winnipeg and Winnipegosis |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Village Centre, Sutton on the Forest, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone & Metal Sun Dial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to all those who served at RAF East Moor and in particular 415 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1860/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1860/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-03-1944 |
End Date | 23-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 816 aircraft, 33 losses (4.0%). An indirect route, in addition to a diversionary raid on Kiel kept fighters away for some time and in fact the German controller believed that Frankfurt was the target. Marking and bombing were accurate and Frankfurt was again badly damaged right across the city. 948 deaths and 346 seriously injured. Some 120000 people were bombed out of their homes. |
Reason for Loss |