In Memory Of
FALCONER, DONALD BUCHAN
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
87052
Rank:
Wing Commander
Unit:
156 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-12-30
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
17. E. 9.
Cemetery:
RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
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
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
