Scotland, Ernest Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Ernest Douglas |
Surname | Scotland |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William and Isobel Cordelia Scotland. Husband of Irene Lilian Scotland, of Southgate, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito XVI |
Serial Number | PF395 |
Markings | 8K-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Chester (Blacon) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. A. Grave 847. |
Epitaph | BELOVED HUSBAND OF IRENE AND FATHER OF NIGEL AND VIVIEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 238 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 147351 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 571 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hilton House Hotel, Hilton, Derbyshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Blue Plaque on external wall |
Memorial Text | Air Commodore Herbert Martin Massey CBE DSO MC 1898-1976 Senior British Officer at Stalag Luft III Sagan who authorised 'The Great Escape' was born here. Hilton and Marston History Group |
Location | All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In honour of 571 (Mosquito) Sqn. aircrew of RAF Oakington 1944 - 1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2047/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2044/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-10-1944 |
End Date | 23-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg. One of 45 Mosquitoes |
Reason for Loss | An engine failed on the return leg and soon afterwards all contact was lost. It later transpired that the aircraft had crashed into a rock face at Dovestone Rocks near Oldham, Lancashire |