Douglas Grant Garn
Memorial: Thornbury - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Sergeant Pilot
Parents: Albert Jesse and Ethel Selina Garn
Home address: 14 Gloucester Road, Thornbury, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Auctioneer's Clerk
Date of birth: 19/02/1919
Date of death: 02/05/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and commemorated at St Mary's Thornbury Memorial and Thornbury Grammar School Memorial
Age: 22
Further information:
Douglas joined up in 1940 and on gaining his wings he joined Bomber Command as a second pilot on a Whitley bomber. He was stationed at RAF Topcliffe North Yorkshire, and on the day of his death he and 4 fellow servicemen took off in Whitley Z6461 for a night bombing raid of Hamburg. The aircraft crashed into the sea and all crew members were killed. Only Douglas’s body and one other, were recovered from the sea about 3 months later. Died on either 2nd/3rd May 1941.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Thornbury Roots - http://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/families/garn/
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/10796/