Name: AIKEN, DOUGLAS EARL
Initials: D E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/06/1944
Service No: J/85822
Additional information: Son of Norman Russell Aiken and Loretta E. Aiken, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: British Plot. Joint grave 2.
Flew with Sgt Johnny Lewis. Died together, buried next to each other. Joint grave with Alfred Montague Simmons #65840724
Douglas Aiken died along side my grandfathers 1st cousin, John Lewis. RAF Service No: 1445360. They both were in the Squadron 44th (Rhodesia) and flew on the Lancaster III, tail number ND751 KM-J. A first for both of us to be able to make Connection with another Crew members family. Nov 23 2020
The association is preserved in the Squadron's crest which includes an elephant and the inscription "FULMINA REGIS IUSTA" (The King's Thunderbolts are Righteous). The elephant has a double significance. It symbolises the weight and heaviness of the Squadron's attacks against the enemy and it was incorporated in the seal presented by Queen Victoria to King Lobengula of Matabeleland in 1895. King Lobengula was a very loyal subject of HM the Queen and called himself "Her Majesty's Thunderbolt of Matabeleland" and claimed that he and his followers were 'righteous' in their loyalty to the Crown.
six other colleagues, Sgt Johnny Lewis, Sergeant John Hare Sergeant, Horace Arnold Lewarne, Flight Sergeant Frank Sidney Rawson, W/O Robert Alexander Riddoch and Pilot Officer Alfred Montague Simmons RCAF.
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sarnia, Ontario
Died: Jun 25,1944
Commemorated at
Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, France
Douglas Earl Aiken was born June 9, 1921 at Petrolia, Ontario, and graduated from Sarnia Collegiate, later working for the Sarnia Bridge Company until he enlisted in October of 1940. In November of 1940, Aiken was transferred from No. 1 Manning Pool in Toronto, Ontario to the Dunnville Aircraft School and later to No. 9 Service Flying Training School at Centralia, Ontario where he received his wings in April of 1943. Posted overseas in May of 1943, Douglas served with the Royal Canadian Air Force attached to No. 44 Rhodesia (RAF) Squadron (Fulmina Regis Lusta) as a Pilot Officer during the Second World War. On June 25, 1944, Pilot Officer Douglas Earl Aiken was killed when his Lancaster failed to return from a bombing mission over Pommerval, France. His 18th operational sortie, Douglas has only been promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer-Pilot. The entire crew are buried and commemorated in the British Plot at Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France, just north of Dieppe. Son of Norman Russell and Loretta Mae Aiken; brother of Laverne Russell; he was 23 years old. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."
Initials: D E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/06/1944
Service No: J/85822
Additional information: Son of Norman Russell Aiken and Loretta E. Aiken, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: British Plot. Joint grave 2.
Flew with Sgt Johnny Lewis. Died together, buried next to each other. Joint grave with Alfred Montague Simmons #65840724
Douglas Aiken died along side my grandfathers 1st cousin, John Lewis. RAF Service No: 1445360. They both were in the Squadron 44th (Rhodesia) and flew on the Lancaster III, tail number ND751 KM-J. A first for both of us to be able to make Connection with another Crew members family. Nov 23 2020
The association is preserved in the Squadron's crest which includes an elephant and the inscription "FULMINA REGIS IUSTA" (The King's Thunderbolts are Righteous). The elephant has a double significance. It symbolises the weight and heaviness of the Squadron's attacks against the enemy and it was incorporated in the seal presented by Queen Victoria to King Lobengula of Matabeleland in 1895. King Lobengula was a very loyal subject of HM the Queen and called himself "Her Majesty's Thunderbolt of Matabeleland" and claimed that he and his followers were 'righteous' in their loyalty to the Crown.
six other colleagues, Sgt Johnny Lewis, Sergeant John Hare Sergeant, Horace Arnold Lewarne, Flight Sergeant Frank Sidney Rawson, W/O Robert Alexander Riddoch and Pilot Officer Alfred Montague Simmons RCAF.
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sarnia, Ontario
Died: Jun 25,1944
Commemorated at
Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, France
Douglas Earl Aiken was born June 9, 1921 at Petrolia, Ontario, and graduated from Sarnia Collegiate, later working for the Sarnia Bridge Company until he enlisted in October of 1940. In November of 1940, Aiken was transferred from No. 1 Manning Pool in Toronto, Ontario to the Dunnville Aircraft School and later to No. 9 Service Flying Training School at Centralia, Ontario where he received his wings in April of 1943. Posted overseas in May of 1943, Douglas served with the Royal Canadian Air Force attached to No. 44 Rhodesia (RAF) Squadron (Fulmina Regis Lusta) as a Pilot Officer during the Second World War. On June 25, 1944, Pilot Officer Douglas Earl Aiken was killed when his Lancaster failed to return from a bombing mission over Pommerval, France. His 18th operational sortie, Douglas has only been promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer-Pilot. The entire crew are buried and commemorated in the British Plot at Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France, just north of Dieppe. Son of Norman Russell and Loretta Mae Aiken; brother of Laverne Russell; he was 23 years old. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."
Name: AIKEN, DOUGLAS EARL
Initials: D E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/06/1944
Service No: J/85822
Additional information: Son of Norman Russell Aiken and Loretta E. Aiken, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: British Plot. Joint grave 2.
Flew with Sgt Johnny Lewis. Died together, buried next to each other. Joint grave with Alfred Montague Simmons #65840724
Douglas Aiken died along side my grandfathers 1st cousin, John Lewis. RAF Service No: 1445360. They both were in the Squadron 44th (Rhodesia) and flew on the Lancaster III, tail number ND751 KM-J. A first for both of us to be able to make Connection with another Crew members family. Nov 23 2020
The association is preserved in the Squadron's crest which includes an elephant and the inscription "FULMINA REGIS IUSTA" (The King's Thunderbolts are Righteous). The elephant has a double significance. It symbolises the weight and heaviness of the Squadron's attacks against the enemy and it was incorporated in the seal presented by Queen Victoria to King Lobengula of Matabeleland in 1895. King Lobengula was a very loyal subject of HM the Queen and called himself "Her Majesty's Thunderbolt of Matabeleland" and claimed that he and his followers were 'righteous' in their loyalty to the Crown.
six other colleagues, Sgt Johnny Lewis, Sergeant John Hare Sergeant, Horace Arnold Lewarne, Flight Sergeant Frank Sidney Rawson, W/O Robert Alexander Riddoch and Pilot Officer Alfred Montague Simmons RCAF.
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sarnia, Ontario
Died: Jun 25,1944
Commemorated at
Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, France
Douglas Earl Aiken was born June 9, 1921 at Petrolia, Ontario, and graduated from Sarnia Collegiate, later working for the Sarnia Bridge Company until he enlisted in October of 1940. In November of 1940, Aiken was transferred from No. 1 Manning Pool in Toronto, Ontario to the Dunnville Aircraft School and later to No. 9 Service Flying Training School at Centralia, Ontario where he received his wings in April of 1943. Posted overseas in May of 1943, Douglas served with the Royal Canadian Air Force attached to No. 44 Rhodesia (RAF) Squadron (Fulmina Regis Lusta) as a Pilot Officer during the Second World War. On June 25, 1944, Pilot Officer Douglas Earl Aiken was killed when his Lancaster failed to return from a bombing mission over Pommerval, France. His 18th operational sortie, Douglas has only been promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer-Pilot. The entire crew are buried and commemorated in the British Plot at Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France, just north of Dieppe. Son of Norman Russell and Loretta Mae Aiken; brother of Laverne Russell; he was 23 years old. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."
Initials: D E
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit Text: 44 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/06/1944
Service No: J/85822
Additional information: Son of Norman Russell Aiken and Loretta E. Aiken, of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: British Plot. Joint grave 2.
Flew with Sgt Johnny Lewis. Died together, buried next to each other. Joint grave with Alfred Montague Simmons #65840724
Douglas Aiken died along side my grandfathers 1st cousin, John Lewis. RAF Service No: 1445360. They both were in the Squadron 44th (Rhodesia) and flew on the Lancaster III, tail number ND751 KM-J. A first for both of us to be able to make Connection with another Crew members family. Nov 23 2020
The association is preserved in the Squadron's crest which includes an elephant and the inscription "FULMINA REGIS IUSTA" (The King's Thunderbolts are Righteous). The elephant has a double significance. It symbolises the weight and heaviness of the Squadron's attacks against the enemy and it was incorporated in the seal presented by Queen Victoria to King Lobengula of Matabeleland in 1895. King Lobengula was a very loyal subject of HM the Queen and called himself "Her Majesty's Thunderbolt of Matabeleland" and claimed that he and his followers were 'righteous' in their loyalty to the Crown.
six other colleagues, Sgt Johnny Lewis, Sergeant John Hare Sergeant, Horace Arnold Lewarne, Flight Sergeant Frank Sidney Rawson, W/O Robert Alexander Riddoch and Pilot Officer Alfred Montague Simmons RCAF.
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Pilot Officer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sarnia, Ontario
Died: Jun 25,1944
Commemorated at
Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, France
Douglas Earl Aiken was born June 9, 1921 at Petrolia, Ontario, and graduated from Sarnia Collegiate, later working for the Sarnia Bridge Company until he enlisted in October of 1940. In November of 1940, Aiken was transferred from No. 1 Manning Pool in Toronto, Ontario to the Dunnville Aircraft School and later to No. 9 Service Flying Training School at Centralia, Ontario where he received his wings in April of 1943. Posted overseas in May of 1943, Douglas served with the Royal Canadian Air Force attached to No. 44 Rhodesia (RAF) Squadron (Fulmina Regis Lusta) as a Pilot Officer during the Second World War. On June 25, 1944, Pilot Officer Douglas Earl Aiken was killed when his Lancaster failed to return from a bombing mission over Pommerval, France. His 18th operational sortie, Douglas has only been promoted to the rank of Pilot Officer-Pilot. The entire crew are buried and commemorated in the British Plot at Criquetot-sur-Longueville Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France, just north of Dieppe. Son of Norman Russell and Loretta Mae Aiken; brother of Laverne Russell; he was 23 years old. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."
Inscription
Pilot Officer
D.E. Aiken
Pilot
Royal Canadian Air Force
25th June 1944. age 23
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Gravesite Details
Joint grave with Alfred Montague Simmons #65840724
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