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Douwe DEBOER MID, A61419, Loadmaster / Flight Engineer ....

Nickname: ′Bill′.


Address: 28 Kingfisher Drive.
City: YEPPOON  QLD  4703.
Phone: 07 4939 1528.
Mobile: 0408 702 960.
Email: bilsan2@bigpond.com
Service Number: A61419.
Aircrew Position: Loadmaster / Flight Engineer.
Squadrons/Units:
  • 10 Squadron (Flight Fitter Airframe/Engines P2V7 Neptune).
  • 38 Squadron, Loadmaster Caribou/C47 Dakota.
  • 35 Squadron, Loadmaster Caribou (Vietnam).
  • TSF Butterworth, Loadmaster C47 Dakota.
  • 36 Squadron Flight Engineer C-130A and H.
  • 37 Squadron Flight Engineer C130 E and B707.
  • 33 Flight/33 Squadron, Flight Engineer B707.
  • 22 Squadron (Reserve) Flight Engineer B707.
Aircraft Crewed:
  • Lockheed Neptune P2V-7.
  • De Havilland Caribou DHC-4.
  • Douglas Dakota C-47.
  • Lockheed Hercules C-130A/E/H.
  • Boeing 707-338C.
Decorations:
  • MID.
  • US Air Medal.
Mustering Prior: Airframe Fitter.
Courses:
  • No 18 RAAF Apprentice Intake, ′Leghorns′, 1964.
  • No 34 Air Movement Course, 1969.
  • Caribou Loadmaster Course, 1969.
  • Engine cross-training Lockheed Neptune P2V-7.
  • Air Movement Training and Development Unit (Air Movements).
  • Antarctic Survival.
Interests: Flying light aircraft (licence currently invalid due medical reasons), Four-wheel driving, fishing, clay pigeon shooting, touring (Grey Nomading) and, at one time, riding the Harley (now departed).
Other: Vietmam Service Record.
Profile Date: 13 January 2009.
Profile Updated: 06 September 2022.