Service Details
Name:
 WEBSTER
Given Name:
 DONALD GORDON
Initials:
 D G
Service No:
 103442V
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-04-21
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington LN385, took off Amendola in Puglia, on a bombing run to Porto Santo Stefano in Tuscany. On his return from the operation, near the coast of Salerno, the bomber had to undergo an air strike. At 23:23 the report states that a request was heard coming from the plane of MD-Q LN385. It was heard again weakly at 01:06 on April 22, after which radio contact was lost
Additional
Information:
Son of Margaret T. Webster. Born East London.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. E. 2.

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