In memory of

Flight Lieutenant

Douglas Dalton Shuttleworth DFC

who died on 18 Aug 1943

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit No. 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Flight Lieutenant
  Service number J13018
  Date of death 19430818
  Cause of death killed in action
  Decorations Distinguished Flying Cross
Narrative history
  J13018 Flight Lieutenant (No. 426 Thunderbird Squadron pilot) Douglas Dalton Shuttleworth DFC (b.1922) of Regina was KIA 19430818 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial near London, England, for airmen who died with no known grave. Shuttleworth's Lancaster was shot down over the rocket pens at Peenemunde, Germany. He was the son of Wesley Kenneth, a salesman for J.I. Case, and Alice Jane (McMorris) Shuttleworth. Douglas was born at Vancouver, British Columbia, attended Strathcona and Wetmore schools and Central collegiate and was working as a stockman at Simpson's when he enlisted at Regina in 1941.

Shuttleworth's Distinguished Flying Cross was gazetted the day before he was killed. The citation:
This officer has taken part in numerous sorties against varied targets in enemy territory and in several successful minelaying operations. He has attacked heavily defended targets in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Mannheim and the Ruhr Valley. His determination to press home his missions has been amply illustrated by the photographs he has obtained. Flying Officer Shuttleworth's courage and fine fighting spirit have at all times been an inspiration to his squadron.

KG Gawthrop and GC Robinson died on the same flight.
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Additional information
  Links to other web pages Memorial - Carmichael church
Memorial - Simpson's

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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 159 - Sherwood
  Cemetery or memorial location Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Carmichael church
Regina
  Geo-memorial Shuttleworth Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 54.6333°N / 102.6833°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63L10
  Geo-memorial details South of Hanson Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19221107
  Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia    
  Date of enlistment 19410718
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Regina    
  Occupation stockman
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