{"id":336,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2022-08-07T05:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T05:47:46","slug":"cramp-douglas-louis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/cramp-douglas-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cramp, Douglas Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Douglas Louis Cramp, DFC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Air Bomber, 83 Squadron<br>Service number 139688<br>Died 22 June 1944<br>Buried Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany<br>Age 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;GONE FROM OUR MIDST DUGGIE DEAR BUT FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. MUM, DAD AND JOYCE&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Douglas known as Duggie was born in 1920 in Hackney, London to Sidney and Ethel n\u00e9e Simons and had a sister Joyce who also served as a WAAF. Their father worked as a traveller in advertising and the family attended the Brondesbury Synagogue where Duggie received his Hebrew and religious education.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duggie enlisted in 1940 and was commissioned in 1943. He was awarded a DFC and his citation stated, <em>&#8216;He had completed many successful operations against the enemy, in which he had displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.&#8217;  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duggie was the air bomber on Lancaster JB180 which departed from RAF Coningsby on a night operation to Wesseling. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter over the target area killing all the crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\/E, Samuel Boyle, 170182<br>Pilot, Albert Robinson Dunn, 40897<br>Nav, Gilbert Walter Fairweather, 128618<br>A\/G, Douglas George Bertie Scarff, 1032289<br>W\/O, Howard Spencer, 139384<br>A\/G, Thomas Norman Usher, 1676820 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cramp-Douglas-Louis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cramp-Douglas-Louis.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cramp-Douglas-Louis-120x151.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Douglas Louis Cramp, DFC Air Bomber, 83 SquadronService number 139688Died 22 June 1944Buried Rheinberg War Cemetery, GermanyAge 23 Headstone Inscription&#8216;GONE FROM OUR MIDST DUGGIE DEAR BUT FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS. 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