ETTG, Canelake crew. 381st BG, 534th BS. Shot down on 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-5845 'Whale Tail II'. Mission #51 to the submarine pens at Bremen, Germany. MACR 1724. Killed in Action. Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.



Paul Raymond McDonald was the youngest child of Daniel & Ida McDonald. He graduated from Winslow Indiana High School and worked for defense in Indianapolis prior to entering the service.



He was photographed with Elliott Hofkin's flight crew, but replaced S/Sgt Fleury as engineer/top turret gunner with Leo Canelake's crew for the 20 Dec 1943 mission to Bremen. On return, about 70 miles from the English shore, the plane was hit by anti-aircraft and went down in the North Sea. The entire crew was lost.