Identity
Person No.
9071
Service No.
578404V
Last Name
First Name
Douglas Montgomery
Initials
D M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Marauder III HD539, cloud in the Fano area hampered two aircraft in maintaining station in the second box and a third developed a spin while orbiting in formation off Fano. The pilot Lt W. R. Cloete, managed to correct the spin at about 240 m, jettisoned his bombs at sea and returned to base. Two air-gunners had meanwhile obeyed instructions to jump. In spite of immediate air-sea rescue action, no trace of them was found. This made a sad Christmas for the survivors, who feared that W/O D.M. Hamilton and F/Sgt D.W. Evans, RAF had died of exposure in the bitterly cold wintry sea
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Archibald Montgomery and Gladys Jessie Hamilton, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Idutywa, Transkei. A clerk
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project