{"id":362,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T12:11:40","slug":"dushman-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/dushman-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Dushman, David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Dushman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wireless Operator\/ Air Gunner, 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron
Service number 657694
Died 22 March 1944
Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial
Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David was born on 4 May 1921 in Holborn, London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David’s family have now been contacted and further information on his life and training will be available soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David enlisted into the Army in June 1940 and served in the Queen’s Royals West Surrey before he transferred to the RAF on 30 June 1941. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David was on his first operation and the wireless operator\/air gunner on Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ <\/em> The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilot, F\/O William Patrick Moroney, 158922
F\/E, Sgt Frederick Thomas Coulter, 1234081
Nav, F\/O Martin Jenkins, 144925
B\/A, F\/Sgt Geoffrey Stuart Davies, 1315680
W\/Op, Sgt David Dushman
M\/UG, F\/Sgt John (Jack) Bell, RCAF, J\/88407
R\/G, Sgt Cecil Albert Mills, 1601802<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy Barbara Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David’s Army Record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
David Dushman Operation courtesy Mark Howard 97 Sqn Association <\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n