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F/S Douglas William Vaughan

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F/S Douglas William Vaughan Veteran

Birth
Ellesmere, Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand
Death
23 Apr 1944 (aged 27–28)
Denmark
Burial
Aabenraa, Aabenraa Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark GPS-Latitude: 55.0466625, Longitude: 9.4070067
Plot
Allied Mil. Plot. Row 4. 2.
Memorial ID
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Service Number ~ RNZAF 429046

Military Base ~ Mepal, Cambs

Unit ~ RAF 75 Squadron

Rank ~ Flight Sergeant

Command ~ Bomber Cmnd

Ship ~ Stirling Iii

Occupation ~ Nav

Flight Sergeant Vaughn Lost His Life When His Plane Was Shot Down By A Night Fighter Near Vemmenaes on Tasinge Island During A Mine Laying Sortie to the Fehmarn Belt


He was the Son of William Vaughan and of Florence Evelyn Vaughan (nee Ayres), of Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Muriel Belle Vaughan, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Service Number ~ RNZAF 429046

Military Base ~ Mepal, Cambs

Unit ~ RAF 75 Squadron

Rank ~ Flight Sergeant

Command ~ Bomber Cmnd

Ship ~ Stirling Iii

Occupation ~ Nav

Flight Sergeant Vaughn Lost His Life When His Plane Was Shot Down By A Night Fighter Near Vemmenaes on Tasinge Island During A Mine Laying Sortie to the Fehmarn Belt


He was the Son of William Vaughan and of Florence Evelyn Vaughan (nee Ayres), of Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Muriel Belle Vaughan, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.


Inscription

429046 Flight Sergeant, D.W. Vaughan, Navigator
Royal N.Z. Airforce, 23rd April 1944, Age 28



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