McDonald, Robert Alexander (Flying Officer)

Prisoner of War 1944-August-13

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

51 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift And Sure

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Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

J/28868
PoW: 7482

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
Target
Google MapBrunswick Germany

Took off from Snaith at 21:09 in Halifax Mk III (Sqn code: MH-U Bomber Command) on a bombing operation against Braunschweig in Niedersachsen Germany.

Aircraft set afire by enemy action (nothing specific in record) and crashed

Killed: Flying Officer Anthony Alfred Arthur Bradley RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Ref: Panel 204. Sergeant Jack Gregory RAF KIA Kiel War Cemetery Ref : 4. E. 8. Flying Officer Edmund Thomas Tunstall RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Ref: Panel 209.

POWs in addition to McDonald: Sergeant John Alfred Boyes RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Sergeant Isaac Parker Cundal RAF POW Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. F/Lt Alexander Hannay RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria.