Tait, Earl Douglas
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Earl Douglas |
Surname | Tait |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur W. Tait and Carrie E. Tait, of Marysville New Brunswick, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | ME750 |
Markings | QY-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood Military Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 56. H. 4. |
Epitaph | HE BRAVED THE DANGERS OF THE AIR; GOD KEEP HIM SAFE "UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN" |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 250 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/39632 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1666 HCU |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Gregory Minster, Kirkdale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian Airmen who flew from RAF Wombleton during WW2, including 1666 HCU |
Location | Roadside location, Wombleton, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian Airmen who flew from RAF Wombleton during WW2, including 1666 HCU |
Miscellaneous Information
Accident investigators concluded that icing was the most likely cause of the crash but could not understand why all four engines were feathered |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-02-1945 |
End Date | 10-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Wombleton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Training- navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Emerged from cloud in a spin and on fire. Crashed SW of South Curney airfield. Gloucester |