Personnel Index - Detail

Name
STEELL
First Names
Douglas George Buchan
Rank
Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
759143
Crew Position
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Age
19
Date of Death
20/11/1940
Cemetery

 

Photographed by Malcolm Brooke
Part of the panel at Runnymede
 

The Runnymede image was created by artist Paul Reid using photographs taken by Jo Cockburn and Malcolm Brooke

19/20 November, 1940; LÜTZKENDORF:

The squadron detailed 5 aircraft to attack the oil refinery at Lützkendorf. The Ball (X3054) and Bowden (P1176) crews both made attacks on the primary, the latter crew landing back at North Coates - a third aircraft bombed an alternative target; a fourth crew returned with their bombs (both of these a/c returned to Hemswell). The fifth aircraft failed to return; it is presumed that the crew, piloted by 21 year old Basil Fulton (X3024) ditched somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members remain listed as 'missing', and their names are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial.

Hampden X3024 (EA-H)
Sgt B.T.M. Fulton Pilot (Missing)
Sgt T.H. Mellon (Missing)
Sgt L. Ball (Missing)
Sgt D.G.B. Steell (Missing)