Command Pilot Major Donald W. MacDonald Died of Wounds
Hometown: Tampa Florida
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# O-22367
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
CREW of 11 5KIA 2 MIA/KIA 4POW
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
According to Captain Cullen who survived and became a POW. The ship took a direct hit from 88 mm flak under the flight deck at about the nose wheel section. Major Mac had a serious stomach wound, he unstrapped his belt and with lots of effort on his part (it must have been agony for him) and a little pushing on my part, he went through the roof – or rather where the roof used to be. He got down all right but he died on the operating table of a German Luftwaffe hospital in France.
Sgt. Emery and Mckinsey's remains were never recovered or identified.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Hometown: Tampa Florida
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# O-22367
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
CREW of 11 5KIA 2 MIA/KIA 4POW
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
According to Captain Cullen who survived and became a POW. The ship took a direct hit from 88 mm flak under the flight deck at about the nose wheel section. Major Mac had a serious stomach wound, he unstrapped his belt and with lots of effort on his part (it must have been agony for him) and a little pushing on my part, he went through the roof – or rather where the roof used to be. He got down all right but he died on the operating table of a German Luftwaffe hospital in France.
Sgt. Emery and Mckinsey's remains were never recovered or identified.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Command Pilot Major Donald W. MacDonald Died of Wounds
Hometown: Tampa Florida
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# O-22367
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
CREW of 11 5KIA 2 MIA/KIA 4POW
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
According to Captain Cullen who survived and became a POW. The ship took a direct hit from 88 mm flak under the flight deck at about the nose wheel section. Major Mac had a serious stomach wound, he unstrapped his belt and with lots of effort on his part (it must have been agony for him) and a little pushing on my part, he went through the roof – or rather where the roof used to be. He got down all right but he died on the operating table of a German Luftwaffe hospital in France.
Sgt. Emery and Mckinsey's remains were never recovered or identified.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Hometown: Tampa Florida
Squadron: 578th 44th Bomb Group
Service# O-22367
Awards:
Pilot Captain Arthur V. Cullen POW, wounded, repatriated
Target: German Raider Togo, Dunkirk, France
Mission Date: 15-Feb-43
Serial Number: # 41-23783
Aircraft Model # B-24D-5-CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name:
Location: Dunkirk
Cause: Flak
CREW of 11 5KIA 2 MIA/KIA 4POW
The target for this hurried afternoon mission was a German Raider thought to be the Togo, which was found on the morning reconnaissance flight. It was thought that the ship was ready to slip out at any time to raid Allied shipping. Crews were hurriedly called and briefed, with 17 planes of the 44th BG soon airborne. They rendezvoused with aircraft of the 329th Squadron, 93rd BG, and were led by the 67th Squadron's Captain Cullen and the C.O. of the 67th Squadron, Major Donald W. MacDonald, as the formation's Command Pilot. Two aircraft were lost. A third crash-landed on the beach south of Ramsgate.
According to Captain Cullen who survived and became a POW. The ship took a direct hit from 88 mm flak under the flight deck at about the nose wheel section. Major Mac had a serious stomach wound, he unstrapped his belt and with lots of effort on his part (it must have been agony for him) and a little pushing on my part, he went through the roof – or rather where the roof used to be. He got down all right but he died on the operating table of a German Luftwaffe hospital in France.
Sgt. Emery and Mckinsey's remains were never recovered or identified.
Captain Cullen Crew
Donald W. MacDonald Command Pilot KIA
Captain Arthur V. Cullen Pilot POW
1st/Lt. John L. Mackey Navigator KIA
2nd/Lt. Paul D. Caldwell Bombardier KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Albert W. Emery Engineer MIA/KIA
T/Sgt. Samuel S. Weiser Radio Op. KIA
T/Sgt. David H. Woo Gunner POW
S/Sgt. Thomas E. Mckinsey Gunner MIA/KIA
Sgt. James A. Hilley Gunner KIA
Sgt. Charles A. Arnold Gunner POW
Sgt. Jesse M. Norwood Gunner POW
Gravesite Details
MAJOR AAF; USA; WWII
