MacLaren, Donald Roderick DSO (Major)
Survived 1918-October-09
Birth Date: unkown date (age 25)
Born: Ottawa, Ontario
Robert James MacLaren & Mary Jeanie MacLaren
Verna Gladys Harrison
Home: Burnaby, BC
Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1917-05-08
Decorations: DSO, MC and bar, DFC, Légion d'Honneur, Crois de Geurre
Service
RAF
RAF
Unit
46 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Rise To Conquer
46 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Rise To Conquer
Base
France
France
Rank
Major
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Position
pilot
pilot
Service Numbers
MacLaren completed a surveyor's course in Vancouver and later worked as a fur trapper in northern Canada. He joined the RFC in 1917 and had shot down 54 enemy aircraft by the end of the war. He was the highest scoring WW1 ace to fly the Sopwith Camel. He scored his final victory on 1918-10-09. After the war he became superintendent of Canadian Airways, and was in charge of operations for Trans-Canada Airlines in 1937. He was one of the founders of the Air Cadet League and was elected to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 1977.
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