“Bob” P. Douglas (1930-2023), a Johnston resident for more than 60 years, was born in Melrose, MA. He grew up in Groton MA and South Boston, and developed the flying itch at a very young age.
Bob attended the Hillside School for Boys in Marlborough and graduated from Ayer High School in 1948.
He joined the Navy that summer, and went through basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station. He qualified as an aviation electronics technician in August of 1949 at Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis. Assigned to Quonset Point, he served in Antisubmarine Warfare Squadrons as an enlisted air
crew member during the Korean War. He deployed to the Med aboard USS Tarawa in 1951. In 1979 he was appointed as an Operations Specialist with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation at TF Green Airport. He retired in 1990.