In Memory Of

MACDONALD, HECTOR OMDURMAN

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 1899-06-29
Service No:
 203267V
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 26 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-12-02
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 55.
Cemetery:
 TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY
Country:
 Ghana
Additional Information
Husband of Kathleen Maud (nee Gould - born in Durban, died in 1960). Born Cape Town. Service in Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in WW1 with 84 Squadron. Credited with 7 Victories. He was commissioned on 20 July 1917 and posted to 84 Squadron on 03 February 1918. He was injured in a crash on 06 July 1918. Several months later, he returned to duty. After the war, he returned to South Africa and became a sugar grower. He was killed on 02 December 1943 in a crash while serving as an armaments officer in the South African Air Force.