Donald C McGinnis
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn January 3, 1943 in B-24D 41-23808 'Texan' while serving as Waist Gunner the aircraft crash-landed in a field near Aberporth airfield, Cardiganshire, returning from target U/B yards (submarine) at St. Nazaire, France. Fuel shortage caused the crash. 11RTD No MACR issued.
On 16-Feb-43 in B-24D 41-23818 'Texan II' sustained a mid-air collision with B-24D 42-40354 "Snafu" shortly after leaving the English coast near Selsey Bill, Sussex. Both aircraft crashed into the English Channel. 10KIA MACR 4697.
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
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Other Returned to Duty (RTD) |
Aberporth, Ceredigion, UK | 3 January 1943 | On 3-Jan-43 while serving as serving as Waist Gunner on B-24D 41-23808 the aircraft made a crash-landing in a field near Aberporth, Cardiganshire because it ran out of fuel upon return from a mission to St. Nazaire. |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Selsey Bill, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex PO20, UK | 16 February 1943 | Killed in B-24D 41-23818 "Texan II" when the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-24D 42-40354 "Snafu" just after leaving the English coast off of Selsey Bill, Sussex. Aircraft crashed into the English Channel. His remains were never recovered. |
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Born |
Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
MACR 4697 & 3302 A / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Lee Cunningham 1-Feb-2015. Added decoration and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 4697; Made connections to Place, 2 AIrcraft and 2 Missions within existing website data; Added RTD event, Edited biography for chronological order, added target and loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4697, Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 61-62,79; 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 41, 50, The 44th BG in WWII by MacKay and Adams pp.27, 32.