Donald Van Buskirk MacDonald

Military

Collided with another B-17 from the 303rd BG on form-up and crashed near Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire on a mission to Aschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31516. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31516

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: June Bug
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 February 1944

Buried

Revisions

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Added S/N, Role & Middle Name per info on 384th BG website.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…