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Military service
Service number:
R/176956
Age:
35
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
May 16, 1909
Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 20. A. 1-9.
Additional information
Son of Archibald M. and Alexis (nee MacLean) MacDonald, of Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He joined the Air Force in September 1942 and was an air plane mechanic stationed at Moncton, New Brunswick, until he had an opportunity to fly on an overseas mission in August of 1944. The Dakota carrying he and 19 other passengers and 3 British crew, went missing on 24 September 1944.
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
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Cemetery
Entrance - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Rheinberg War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo 1 of Donald J. MacDonald
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Photo of DONALD JOHN MACDONALD
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Inscription in the book of essays by Charles Lamb -
Document
The book of Charles Lamb essays, once in the possession of Donald John McDonald -
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The inscription with leading aircraftman DJ Macdonald's identifying RCAF service number
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Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman Donald John MacDonald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 371 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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