MacDonald, Donald Alastair (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-August-30

Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald RCAF

Birth Date: 1921-March-14

Born: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Parents: Son of Louis James MacDonald and Georgina Josephine MacDonald, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Spouse:

Home: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Enlistment: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment Date: 1942-August-27

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/176939

Final Burial
Google MapPalsjo Municipal Cemetery
Coll grave Sec XV 76-80

50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack). The crew of Lancaster aircraft ED 588 were engaged in a night bomb attack against Konigsberg, Germany when they crashed at Vittsjo, Sweden and the bomb load exploded. Sergeants R.W. Bysouth (RAF), W.R. Campbell (RAF), R.H. Clifford (RAF), F.G. Plowman (RAF), Flying Officer A.H. Carver (RAF), and one other member of the crew, not Canadian, were also killed.

There is a Claim by Maj Werner Husemann Stab I/NJG3 -East of Halsingborg (LG - LH): 3,300m at 00:48. in the (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 - Theo Boiten), yet to be verified. (Source John Jones UK)