MacDonald, William Archibald (Pilot Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-July-29

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Birth Date: 1915-May-30

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Service

RCAF

Unit

100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

Grimsby

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

J/90609
Prev: R/176660
PoW: 603

Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany

Took off from Grimsby at 21:31 in Lancaster Mark III (Sqn code: HW-W Bomber Command)for an operation against Stuttgart.

Hit by Flak and crashed 01:55 near the town of Durmersheim which is on the rail line between Karlsruhe and Rastatt.

Killed: Sergeant Donald Judson RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 11. H. 8-11. Pilot Officer Steve Lawrence Krawchuk RCAF J/90763 Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 11. H. 8-11. Pilot Officer Conrad William Martens RCAF J/90764 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 3. H. 3. Sergeant Kenneth Ernest Nottage RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 11. H. 8-11. Flying Officer Hewitt Harold Robinson Reid RCAF J/26681 Pilot Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : Coll. grave 11. H. 8-11. Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith RCAF J/27489 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Ref : 3. H. 4.

POW: Flight Sergeant William Archibald MacDonald RCAF R/176660 POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster PB172

Pilot Officer Steve Lawrence Krawchuk RCAF

Pilot Officer Krawchuk, Steve Lawrence (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Pilot Officer William Archibald MacDonald RCAF

Pilot Officer MacDonald, William Archibald (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Prisoner of War
1944-July-29
cemetery unknown

Pilot Officer Conrad William Martens RCAF

Pilot Officer Martens, Conrad William (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Hewitt Harold Robinson Reid RCAF

Flying Officer Reid, Hewitt Harold Robinson (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith RCAF

Flying Officer Smith, Wilfred James (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-July-29
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany