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Military service
Service number:
J/13784
Age:
25
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant Navigator (Bomber)
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
435 Sqdn.
Death:
January 12, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
18. H. 14.
Additional information
Son of Duncan John and Elizabeth MacKinnon, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Navigator (Bomber) Duncan Joseph MacKinnon
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Photo of DUNCAN JOSEPH MACKINNON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of DUNCAN JOSEPH MACKINNON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
RCAF attestation paper pg 1 -
Attestation paper
RCAF attestation paper pg 2 -
Photo of DUNCAN JOSEPH MACKINNON
RCAF photo -
Photo of DUNCAN JOSEPH MACKINNON
RCAF photo with wings -
Newspaper Clipping
Toronto Star clipping -
Circumstances of Death
Circumstances of loss of Dakota III KG899 and names of the crew and two LAC airmen who were on board as droppers. -
Taukkyan War Cemetery
Final resting place of F/L MacKinnon and his crew mates, Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star July 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1945
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 537 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY Myanmar
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY is outside Yangon (formerly Rangoon, Burma), near the airport and immediately adjoining the village of Taukkyan. It is on PY1 road (formerly Prome Road), about 35 kilometres north of the city from which it is easily accessible.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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