Price, Donald Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Donald Alexander |
Surname | Price |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 25-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of James Robert Price and Elizabeth Price (née Furlong), of Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada. Husband of Florence R. Price of Nottingham, England. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster II |
Serial Number | LL644 |
Markings | KO-N |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. B. 6-16. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 228 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86321 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Donald was born at Springhill, Nova Scotia on 15 February 1922. His father was born in Belfast, Ireland and he worked as a coal miner and his mother was born in Southampton, Nova Scotia. A brother is mentioned in his enlistment papers but no name is given. He attended Springhill High School between 1927-1935 and continued there 1935-1939. He also took a night school course in Drafting. His sport interests were skiing and tennis as well as baseball and football. Donald worked as a Mine Mechanic at the Dominion Coal Company in Springhill from 1940 onwards. |
Donald enlisted on 9 April 1941 and after training was posted to the U.K. He embarked from Canada on 14 June 1942, arriving at 3PRC on 25 June. He then went to 2(0) AFU 15 July 1942, 14 OTU 15 August 1942, 1651 CU 1 November 1942, 15 Sqn 26 December 1942, 1665 CU 2 August 1943, 620 Sqn 9 August, 1678 CU 16 November and 115 Sqn 12 December 1943. Donald sadly lost his life on 25 February 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/891/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 24-02-1944 |
End Date | 25-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Schweinfurt- the first raid on this particular target (the centre of ball-bearing manufacture in Germany). 734 aircraft, 33 losses (4.5%). A new tactic was introduced where the bomber force was split into two waves separated by two hours. The first wave Lost 22 aircraft (5.6%) but the second Lost only 11 (3.2%) of which only 4 were shot down. Poor PFF target marking led to local reports quoting 'nominal damage'. Note that there had been a raid comprising 266 8th Air Force B-17s the night before so it is difficult to attribute damage levels. |
Reason for Loss |