Military Service
Service Number: J/28933
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn.
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) with silver maple leaf emblem clasp and Bomber Command bar & War Medal 1939-1945
Flying Officer / Air Bomber.
He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Oct 20, 1941.
Donald was a crew member on Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 which was sent on a mission to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective they were involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
The other members of his crew were:
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RAFVR Sergeant Harry Alfred Marshall - Flight Engineer
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
Military Service
Service Number: J/28933
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Bomber Command
Squadron: No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Sqdn.
Airfield: RAF Station Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire, England
Honours/Citations:
1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) with silver maple leaf emblem clasp and Bomber Command bar & War Medal 1939-1945
Flying Officer / Air Bomber.
He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Oct 20, 1941.
Donald was a crew member on Avro Lancaster Mk.III - PB402 which was sent on a mission to mark the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. While en route to their objective they were involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqdn Lancaster - KB850 / WL-O resulting in both bombers crashing at Pfaffenhausen, Germany. Both aircrafts and aircrews were lost.
The other members of his crew were:
RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysius Bruggeman - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe - Air Gunner
RAFVR Sergeant Harry Alfred Marshall - Flight Engineer
RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller - Air Bomber
RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak - Navigator
RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne - Pilot
RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavern Smith - Air Gunner
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"THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS"
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