In Memory Of

HUNTLEY, DONALD NORMAN

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1921-09-26
Service No:
 777675
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-09-14
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster W4169, target Focke-Wulf aircraft factories in Bremen, Germany, shot down by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer (III./NJG 1) flying a Messerschmitt Bf110 night-fighter, crashed at Emst Holland
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 620.
Cemetery:
 EPE GENERAL CEMETERY
Country:
 Netherlands
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F M
Citations:
 LG Sup 28 April 1942 pg. 1852
Son of Norman and Myrtle Huntley, of Southern Rhodesia. Born at Salisbury. Entered Milner House in January 1935. Before leaving Plumtree in October 1938, he passed the Junior Certificate examination and played rugger for the School 1st XV. At the time he attested in the Air Force in July 1940, he was employed with the Shell Company, Salisbury. Sgt. Huntly took part in the famous Augsburg raid, and in that action awarded the D.F.M. He was one of the British Services representatives who toured America. Mr. H. Morgenthau, in a special message of condolence to Huntly's parents, said: "We at the Treasury are deeply sorry to hear of his death. He was a great help to us during his visit to the United States, and he at all times was a credit to the uniform he wore. I feel he gave his life not only for his country but for ours in the fight against the common enemy." On Plumtree School Roll of Honour