Service Details
Name:
 MACKAY
Given Name:
 DONALD GEORGE
Initials:
 D G
Service No:
 80094
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-09
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Date of Birth:
 1921-03-24
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Avro Lancaster R5555, crashed near Lambrechtshagen 7km WNW of Rostock
Additional
Information:
Entered Grey House in January 1934. He passed his Junior Certificate in 1936, and played for the School 1st Cricket XI in 1937. After leaving Plumtree in December 1937, he was employed in the Standard Bank, Gwelo. He attested in November, 1940, and received preliminary training in Rhodesia, after which he proceeded overseas in April, 1941. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Berlin, Berlin
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Cemetery:
 BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 8. B. 24.

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