Douglas Milton Scanlon Aircraftman 2nd Class R/266515 Royal Canadian Air Force January 21, 1925 Cobalt, Ontario August 18, 1943 Kirkland Lake, Ontario Kirkland Lake, Ontario 18 5 feet, 7 inches Medium Brown Brown Single Apprentice Machinist Baptist Clara Scanlon (Mother) Kirkland Lake, Ontario December 31, 1943 18 Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery Sec. 29. Lot 4. Grave 170

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Henry Wilbert Huhtala was the son of Harold Agustus Scanlom (1894-1982) and Clara Chesley (Mathews) Scanlonm (1899-1970) of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Douglas Milton Scanlon completed his formal education in Kirkland Lake, Ontario between 1933 and 1941. Prior to his enlistment he was employed as an apprentice machinist with Heath and Sherwood Ltd., between 1941 and 1943. His sport interest was boxing. Douglas began his training in Canada on August 18, 1943. While training at No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School , RCAF Station Mount Pleasant. On December 31, 1943, Fairey Battle No.2057, a drogue towing aircraft had three drogues hang up casing the plane to stall and crash three miles south of RCAF Mt. Pleasant, PEI. Aircraftman 2nd Class Henry Wilbert Huhtala, aged 18, Flight Sergeant William James Pearson, aged 20, and Aircraftman 2nd Class, Douglas Milton Scanlon were killed. Aircraftman 2nd Class, Douglas Milton Scanlon is buried in the Ottawa (Beechwood) Cemetery, Ontario.