Service Details
Name:
 RAIL
Given Name:
 WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Initials:
 W D
Service No:
 80131
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-14
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I W4110, took off from Waddington at 2138 13 May 1943 and lost without trace
Additional
Information:
Son of William Arthur and Mary Audrey Rail, of Vumba, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 129.

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