Service Details
Name:
 FALCONER
Given Name:
 DONALD BUCHAN
Initials:
 D B
Service No:
 87052
Rank:
 Wing Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 156 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-30
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster PB621, took off 1823 30 Dec 1944 from Upwood. Crashed at Koln-Rodenkirchen due to a direct hit by flak
Decorations:
 D F C, A F C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DFC LG Sup 18 November 1941, AFC LG Sup 31 December 1943, MID LG Sup 29 December 1942
Additional
Information:
Son of James Falconer, M.B.E., and of Gertrude Marion Falconer, of Concession, Southern Rhodesia. On war memorial at Itchen Abbas St. John the Baptist Churchyard and inside church. His brother Keith James Falconer also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal
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Cemetery:
 RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 17. E. 9.

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