MacDonald, George Oaxley
Died 1918-05-01
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Hellry A. & Florence N. Macdonald
Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
(OT) TS- Training Squadron (RAF)
Base
46 TDS Tadcaster England
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
2nd-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
153004, , RAF
First Burial
Tadcaster Cemetery, Yorkshire, England
1918-05-01: MacDonald was flying from South Carleton aerodrome near Lincoln to 46TDS at Bramham aerodrome, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire. As he approached Tadcaster he became lost in thick fog, and before he could land, crashed into a tree near Towton, Yorkshire at about 3:20pm. He was pulled from the wreckage, but had died in the initial crash.
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