Tonkin, Douglas Noel
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Douglas Noel |
Surname | Tonkin |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-10-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Daniel and Annie Frances Tonkin, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ725 |
Markings | AA- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 4. Row A. Joint grave 16. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 413285 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John, Beck Row, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet on rear external wall of Church |
Memorial Text | In remembrance of all who served at RAF Mildenhall and associated aerodromes in the cause of freedom, 1939-1945 |
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/20 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/19 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-10-1942 |
End Date | 25-10-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Milan. 71 aircraft, 6 losses (8.5%). Second raid on Berlin in as many days (the previous one having been a surprise daylight attack). Bad weather en route dispersed the formation and only 39 claimed to have hit the target. A disappointing raid after the success of the one a day earlier. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Velenciennes, France |