Douglas Edwin Spencer
Service number
1580119
Military unit
464 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
917, Hucknall Road, Bestwood, Nottingham
Date of birth
09 Mar 1920
Date of death
27 Apr 1944 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Educated at High Pavement School, Spencer worked for Prior and Parkin of Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham before joining the city's police force in September 1939. He enlisted in October 1941 and trained to be a naviagtor in Canada and America. He had been flying in Mosquitoes for three months.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
He was the son of Walter and Rhoda Spencer of 917, Hucknall Road, Bestwood, Nottingham
Military history
GRANDCOURT WAR CEMETERY Joint grave E 3
Spencer and his pilot, Arnold Rex Oates, were both killed when Mosquito FB.VI HP935 hit a tree diving to bomb a flying bomb site.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Douglas Edwin Spencer
Nottingham Evening Post 18/11/1944