Service Details
Name:
 McKECHNIE
Given Name:
 DONALD NEIL
Initials:
 D N
Service No:
 160193
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-27
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster PB346, took off 2119 26 July 1944 from Dunholme Lodge borrowed by 44 Sqdn flown by a 619 Sqdn crew to bomb rail communications. Crashed on fire near la Boissiere-sur-Evre (Main-et-Loire) 5 km NNW from the small town of Montrevault
Additional
Information:
Son of Ronald and Minnie McKechnie, of Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Maine-et-Loire
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Cemetery:
 LA BOISSIERE-SUR-EVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave.

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