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Jillings, Douglas George

Grave number 64
Rank Sgt. Flight Engineer Nr. 902606 R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
Squadron 158 Squadron
Date of birth / age April 18, 1918 / 24 years
Reported missing July 20, 1942
Aircraft type Halifax BII, W-1179
Washed ashore August 1, 1942, 8.30 p.m. South beach
Buried August 3, 1942, 6.30 p.m.
Father Benjamin Branford Jillings
Mother Dora Lucy Jillings
Partner  
Place of residence Finchley, Middlesex, London, England
   

Details

Douglas George Jillings was the flight engineer of the British Halifax bomber W1179 that on a mission to the U-boat docks at Vegesack, NW-Germany was shot down by a night fighter into the Wadden Sea south of Terschelling.

In total 8 crew members from this aircraft perished: 2 buried in Harlingen, 1 in Den Burg Texel, 1 in Franeker, 1 in St. Jacobaparochie, 2 missing.