Service Details
Name:
 McDONALD
Given Name:
 JOHN EDWARD
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 61039
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 206 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-08
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Liberator Mk VIII KK259, in the Kattegat on the night of the 8th/9th April 1945. Took off from Leuchars at 8:18pm on an anti U-boat patrol.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2521
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Gladys Caroline McDonald, of Streatham, London; husband of Doris Irene McDonald, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 265.

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