Pilot Officer McDonald was one of two Canadian airmen killed in the crash of their Cessna Crane (#7944) aircraft; they had been on a training flight and were engaged in dual instruction on instruments. Corporal Joseph Arsene Adelard LANGEVIN also perished in this aircraft accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/7689
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Service Flying Training School (Saskatoon)
Son of George Henry and Hannah McDonald of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Marion McDonald of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer William Russell Campbell McDonald is commemorated on Page 96 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/7689
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Service Flying Training School (Saskatoon)
Son of George Henry and Hannah McDonald of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Marion McDonald of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer William Russell Campbell McDonald is commemorated on Page 96 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Pilot Officer McDonald was one of two Canadian airmen killed in the crash of their Cessna Crane (#7944) aircraft; they had been on a training flight and were engaged in dual instruction on instruments. Corporal Joseph Arsene Adelard LANGEVIN also perished in this aircraft accident.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/7689
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Service Flying Training School (Saskatoon)
Son of George Henry and Hannah McDonald of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Marion McDonald of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer William Russell Campbell McDonald is commemorated on Page 96 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Pilot Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: J/7689
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: #4 Service Flying Training School (Saskatoon)
Son of George Henry and Hannah McDonald of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Marion McDonald of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Pilot Officer William Russell Campbell McDonald is commemorated on Page 96 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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"DAY SHALL CLASP HIM IN
STRONG ARMS. NIGHT SHALL
FOLD HIM IN SOFT WINGS."
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