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Son of Louis James MacDonald and Georgina Josephine MacDonald, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Photo of grave marker courtesy of Carin Olofsson<P>
When it was lost, Lancaster ED588 of #50 (RAF) Sqn had completed 128 operations and had a total of 1152 hours. The last raid was to Konigsbergh on 29/30 Aug 44. The aircraft crashed at Vittsjo, Sweden, and the bomb load exploded. F/S MacDonald was Bomb Aimer and the only Canadian on board.<P>
ED588 was one of four 50 Squadron Lancasters lost on this operation.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Photo of Palsjo War Cemetery
Courtesy of Carin Olofsson
http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Photo of Cross of Sacrifice at Palsjo War Cemetery<P>
Courtesy of Carin Olofsson
http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald
Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Charlottetown PEI newspaper The Guardian. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Photo of grave marker courtesy of Carin Olofsson<P> When it was lost, Lancaster ED588 of #50 (RAF) Sqn had completed 128 operations and had a total of 1152 hours. The last raid was to Konigsbergh on 29/30 Aug 44. The aircraft crashed at Vittsjo, Sweden, and the bomb load exploded. F/S MacDonald was Bomb Aimer and the only Canadian on board.<P> ED588 was one of four 50 Squadron Lancasters lost on this operation.
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Photo of Palsjo War Cemetery Courtesy of Carin Olofsson http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm
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Photo of Cross of Sacrifice at Palsjo War Cemetery<P> Courtesy of Carin Olofsson http://www.hembygdshistoria.se/palsjo/cw2.htm
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flight Sergeant Donald Alastair MacDonald is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 371 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HALSINGBORG (PALSJO) MUNICIPAL CEMETERY Sweden
Halsingborg is on the direct route from Copenhagen to Stockholm and is connected by ferry with Helsingor in Denmark. The HALSINGBORG(PALSJO)MUNICIPAL CEMETERY stands on high ground 34 kilometres north-east of Halsingborg.
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