Douglas Fitzgerald Bickford
Flight Sergeant · 428902 · Australian
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 20
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Hanover War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Mid-upper gunner, LW724 NP-S — Failed to return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 20
Crew & operations
Flew as Mid-upper gunner with No. 158 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LW724 NP-S (Handley Page Halifax) — Failed to return
Crew: Anthony Shanahan (Bomb aimer) · Louis James Craven (Flight engineer) · Ernest Roy Moore (Navigator) · Eric Ronald Fergus Macleod (Pilot) · James Arthur Nicholson (Rear gunner) · Leonard Gower Paxman (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: BICKFORD, DOUGLAS FITZGERALD → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission