McKinnon, Donald Ross
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Donald Ross |
Surname | McKinnon |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Charles McKinnon and Jessie McKinnon |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | Z7344 |
Markings | EV- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sage War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. C. 6. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 209 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/61025 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 18 (Burma) |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/244/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-07-1942 |
End Date | 29-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wattisham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Intruder duties |
Reason for Loss | Coned by searchlights from a marine flak battery as the aircraft approached Sengwarden, Wilhelmshaven and hit by light flak. Crashed into a ditch just outside Sengwarden and caught fire. The local fire brigade attended the scene and extinguished the flames. The post-war investigation casts expresses the possibility that the bodies could have been mixed up when they laid to rest. |