Douglas Fraser Grose was born in South River, Ontario on August 18, 1925. His father worked for the railway and relocated to Thorold where Douglas attended Thorold High School, graduating in April, 1943 and enlisting in the R.C.A.F. the following month.

Post card with congratulations from grandfather Christopher Grose in Lefroy to parents Cecil and Anna in South River.

Young Douglas Grose at Skibo Farm, Patton Township (near Iron Bridge) in the late 1920s

Douglas Grose (right side) with parents Cecil and Anna, and brother Edgar, circa 1930

Douglas Grose (right side of back row?) is listed on the back of this photograph from the autumn of 1931.

Douglas and brother Edgar in 1933

Douglas and Edgar Grose are photographed on a plow horse probably in the mid-1930's, likely at Skibo Farm near
Iron Bridge, Ontario where they spent many summers. The farmer behind the plow may be their uncle, Neil Draper.

P/O Douglas Grose, Anna Grose (mother), Cecil Grose (father), Edgar Grose (brother, in air cadet uniform)

After basic training, he trained as a Bomb-Aimer/Air Gunner at Mountain View, Ontario, qualifying on November 29, 1943. From there he trained as a navigator at Chatham, N.B. and Summerside, P.E.I. before being posted for operational training to 111 O.T.U. in Nassau, Bahamas beginning on August 22, 1944. In January 1944 he flew to the United Kingdom for additional training. in March he flew to India to begin duties as a navigator on Liberators with the R.A.F.'s 354 Squadron flying out of Cuttack. Official records state that he died on April 22, 1945 when the aircraft on which he was a crew member experienced multiple engine failures and ditched in the Bay of Bengal. He has no known grave but has his name inscribed on coloumn 456 of the Singapore Memorial at the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore.

P/O Douglas Grose's Commission as an R.C.A.F. Officer dated April 21, 1944