wrote on December 6, 2010
I am doing research on P/O (AG) Douglas D. Skingle, age 21, from Humber Bay, ON, KIA June 44 with crew members, RH Rolfe, JA Inverarity, RW Griggs, H Hugill, & RW Lowrey. Lancaster LL643 was lost on a raid over Achares, France. He has no known grave but his name is engraved on the Humber Bay Cenotaph.
The Skingle family were our next door neighbours and are now all deceased. I was very young but I remember the day Doug came to say \"Goodbye\" to my parents when he left of overseas with the RCAF. My parents named their 3rd born son after him in 1946. Mr & Mrs Skingle received a very impressive photo of Doug standing in front of a Lancaster with two other airman from 408 Squadron sometime after Doug was killed. I saw a copy of the photo in a brochure pertaining to a Squadron reunion at the RCAF Museum, Trenton in 1999.
I am a retired member of the CAF and am presently endevouring to ensure that Doug will not be forgotten by my family by including
what I know of his story in my memoirs.
Should someone read this who has some memory of Douglas Skingle, I would appreciate hearing from them.
Thank you