In Memory Of
McDONALD, JOHN EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
61039
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
206 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1945-04-08
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 265.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 11 June 1942 pg. 2521
Son of John and Gladys Caroline McDonald, of Streatham, London; husband of Doris Irene McDonald, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
