Calderwood, Donald John (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-September-11

Flight Sergeant Donald John Calderwood RCAF

Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: John R Calderwood & Jean Ann (McKellar) Calderwood

Spouse:

Home: Glencoe, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

83 (PFF) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike To Defend

Base

RAF Wyton

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/68128

Temporary Burial
Google MapDusseldorf, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapReichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 11 Row D Grave 7

Took off from Wyton at 00:43 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code OL-A Bomber Command) on an operation to Dusseldorf Germany.

Aircraft shot down (means not found) and crashed at Neuss, across the river from Dusseldorf. No surviving aircrew.

Killed includes Calderwood: Flying Officer John Gordon McDonald RCAF J/5059 pilot KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row E. Grave 1. Flight Sergeant Harry Raeburn Watson RCAF R/98140 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row D. Grave 8. Sergeant Albert George Cook RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row E. Grave 3. Flying Officer Harris Lewington Mazengarb RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row D. Grave 9. Sergeant Graham George Millard RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row D. Grave 11. Sergeant Phillip William Arthur Samwell RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 11. Row D. Grave 10.