McDonald, John Swan (Warrant Officer 1)

Prisoner of War Died 1943-June-22

Warrant Officer 1 John Swan McDonald RCAF

Birth Date: 1912-January-08

Born: Hamilton, Ontario

Parents: Son of John and Margaret McDonald of Hamilton, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Helen McDonald of Hamilton, Ontario.

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-December-15

Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Downham Market

Rank

Warrant Officer 1

Position

Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)

Service Numbers

R/145804
PoW: 204

Home

Hamilton, Ontario

Target

Krefeld Germany

Temporary Burial

Prisoner of War Cemetery at Stalag #357

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial

Becklingen War Cemetery
14 A 10

#218 Gold Coast Squadron (In Time) RAF Downham Market. Stirling III aircraft BK 722 HA-G was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BP from St Trond, Belgium while on an operation against targets in Krefeld, Germany. The Stirling crashed along Chijnsgoed Road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Sergeant SH Burrows (RAFVR), Sergeant B Kermode (RAF) and Pilot Officer DR Rich (RAAF) were all killed in action

WO1JS McDonald (RCAF), FS F Fawcett (RAFVR), FS H Hill (RAF) and FS AJ Small (RAF) survived and were all taken as Prisoners of War

Warrant Officer Class 1 JS McDonald (RCAF) died from diphtheria 1945-03-19 while a PoW at Fallingbostel, Germany

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