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209496 Sgt. Douglas Howie McIntosh Royal Air Force 103 Squadron from:Berri, South Australia Uncle Doug McIntosh was someone I heard of as a child. I still have his guitar and many stories. He was by all accounts, a big man who liked a joke, rowing and music. I always believed he was a tail gunner in a Lancaster but the official version was that he was an air bomber in a Wellington. Wellington X9812 of 103 Sqn RAF took off from RAF Station Binbrook, at 2310 hours on the night of 25/26th June 1942, to attack Bremen, Germany. The aircraft participated in the Third "Thousand Plan" attack of 1942, Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. The Crew were: RAF Sqd Ldr Atkinson, Captain (Pilot). RAAF 403432 Sgt J.G.O'Sullivan, Observer. 1481 Flt RAF RAAF 407603 Sgt D.H.McIntosh, Air Bomber. 1481 Flt RAF RAAF 403495 Sgt A.N.Blackley, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. 103 Sqd RAF RAF Sgt Waller, Air Gunner. Following post war enquiries and investigations, it was established that the bodies of Sgt O"Sullivan (RAAF) and Sgt McIntosh (RAAF) were washed ashore at Vlieland and Terschelling respectively, and their remains are interred in the local cemeteries. These islands are two of the Friesian group of islands off the north west coast of Holland. It was presumed that the aircraft had crashed in the North Sea, and that the remaining missing members of the crew had lost their lives at sea. Their names are commemorated on the Memorial to the Missing at Runnymede, UK. Sandy Kinnear Add to this record.  Additional Information: Sgt Douglas Howie McIntosh rowed for the state of South Australia in the Kings Cup and was born in 1910, 31 yo at the time of his death He transferred from 1481 Flight to the 103rd Squadron just prior to his first mission on 25/26 June 1942, and died following leave to London - He participated in the Third "Thousand Bomber Raid" in X9812 Wellington 1C, from the 1481 Flight on the nigth of 25/26 June 1942 in a full moon, as a made up crew under the command of an experienced Squadron Leader MR Atkinson (26 yo) Wellington X9812 was shot down and matches a claim by Major Kurt Holler of StabIII./NJG4 for his 2nd victory of the war at 3.27am on the the 26th June 1942 near Vieland He was washed ashore at West Terschelling on 7 July 1942 He is buried in the West Terschelling Cemetry Lachlan Kinnear Reply Related Content: No. 103 Squadron Royal Air Force RAF Binbrook Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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