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Military service
Service number:
R/69761
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
March 26, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 2.
Additional information
Son of Fanny Lindsey, of Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
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Grave Marker
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Group Photo
Left to right: Robert Wishart, Donald Cole Lindsey and John Beverley Pleasence -
Cemetery
Four Canadian service members are buried at the Old Weston Cemetery. The four airmen; Donald Cole Lindsey, Robert Joseph O'Leary, Norman George Wood, and Robert Charles Dobie died when their bomber crashed after it struck the top of the spire of Weston Church. The Bomber was attempting to make it to nearby RAF Molesworth. The damaged part of the spire was replaced with new stone which is why the top of the spire is a lighter shade than the rest of the church as can be seen in this photo taken in 2008. The grave markers of the four Canadian airmen are visible on the far right side of the photo. -
Grave Marker
Grave Marker of Donald Cole Lindsey at Old Weston Church Cemetery which is located in the village of Old Weston,Cambridgeshire, England. Flight Sergeant Lindsey died during WWII when his Bomber crashed while attempting to land at nearby RAF Molesworth. The bomber hit the top of the spire of the Old Weston Church and crashed in a nearby field. Sergeant Lindsey and the other three members of the bomber's crew were buried together at the Old Weston Church Cemetery. His Grave Marker Reads: R.69761 FLIGHT SERGEANT D.C. LINDSEY Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Royal Canadian Air Force 26th March 1942 Age 20 Dearly beloved son of Fanny Lindsy -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Donald Cole Lindsey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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OLD WESTON (ST. SWITHUN) CHURCHYARD Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Donald Cole Lindsey
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/69761
Norman George Wood Boyce
Observer
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/67561
Robert Charles Dobie
Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/92079
Robert Joseph O'Leary
Flight Sergeant
Royal Canadian Air Force
R/54187
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