1251357, Sergeant (W/Op/Air Gunner), Donald Henry WHITING
Aged 26
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Donald Henry WHITING was born in 1916 (Bury St Edmunds Q3-1916 4A:1708), son of Edgar H and Dora H WHITING (née BURTON).
In the 1939 register at 34 Chalk Road, Bury St Edmunds were his father Edgar H [26-10-1889] house decorator/ARP demolition and rescue, and his mother Dora H [16-7-1891]. He was Cricket Captain of Culford School in 1933 and 1934. |
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On 13th August 1942, Avro Lancaster MkI ser.no.R5633, sqn id. EM-R took off at 22:42 from RAF Bottesford (near Grantham) on a mission
to Mainz and failed to return.
The crew was :- Pilot - F/Sgt Samuel Forster KANE (RAFVR) Flight Engineer - Sgt Adam Innes STEEL (RAF) Air Observer - Sgt Bernard Anthony BROPHY (RCAF) W/Op/Air Gunner - Sgt Donald Henry WHITING (RAFVR) W/Op/Air Gunner - Sgt C RACINE (RAF) W/Op/Air Gunner - Sgt Walter Page Laing WOOD (RAF) Air Gunner - Sgt J PRESTON (RAF) Initially they were all buried in Wiesbaden Sud Friedhof before being moved on 24th September 1947 to Durnbach |
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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