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Name

Sergeant Douglas Leonard Herbert Wooster

Birth: Bet. Apr-Jun 1924, Windsor, Berkshire.

Death: 19th August 1943, Copmanthorpe, North Yorkshire.     Tree  

Rank: Sergeant, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Service Number: 1603969

Trade: Air Gunner

Squadron: 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit

Military Base: Riccall, Yorkshire

Killed when collided with Halifax Dg420 of 1663 Hcu at Copmanthorpe near York soon after take off on a cross-country training exercise. The whole crew of both aircraft died in the tragedy.

Sources: Ancestry, International Bomber Command Centre Losses Database,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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  18 August 2023