Petch, Douglas Hartley
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Douglas Hartley |
Surname | Petch |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Ford Petch and Mary Kathleen Petch, of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EF155 |
Markings | IC-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 18. B. 6-10. |
Epitaph | COMMITTED TO GOD, A LOVING SON. VALIANT IN SPIRIT, STEADFAST IN DUTY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 225 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/14027 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 623 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-11-1943 |
End Date | 19-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (59% moon) |
Operation | Mannheim. 395 aircraft, 23 losses (5.8%). This was one of the larger diversionary raids and accounts for the high losses. By comparison, the main raid (On Berlin) registered 2.0% losses. There was cloud cover over the target and bombing was scattered as a result. Most of the damage fell to the north of the town, where the Daimler Benz car plant suffered a 90% loss in production as a result. 21 deaths on the ground and 7500 people were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Edenkoben, Germany |