Jacques, Douglas Harold Morton
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Douglas Harold Morton |
Surname | Jacques |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Alfred Jacques and Edyth Morton Jacques (née Hopkins), of Edmonton, Alberta. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z1148 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 3. E. 17-18. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 188 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/76606 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
He enlisted on 24 October 1940 and was embarking for the U.K. on 20 July 1941. Douglas arrived at 3 PRC 31 July 1941, 2 S.S 16 August 1941, 12 OTU 21 October 1941 and 214 Squadron 6 April 1942. He was only aged nineteen when he sadly lost his life on 15 April 1942. |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/13486 (P367829/42) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-04-1942 |
End Date | 15-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund- bombs were spread over a 40 mile swath of the Ruhr valley. One military target was reported as being severely damaged, although it is unknown whether this was an intentional target |
Reason for Loss | Douglas was born on 14 September 1922 at Calgary. His father, a travelling rep for Rowntrees, was born at Toronto and his mother was born at Christchurch, New Zealand. The schools he attended were Connaught, Sunalto, Calgary 1928-1932, Oliver School, Edmonton, 1933-1938 ( Matric ) and Strathcona Composite 1938-1940. He served as a Private with 17 Cavalry Field Ambulance in Edmonton for three months from June 1938 until outbreak of war. His sport interests were softball, golf, rugby, track and lacrosse, and his hobby was model aeroplanes and aviation study. Douglas worked for Gordon C. Proctor, Edmonton, clerking from 1940 onwards |