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DONAHUE, W V - Flight Sergeant

Flight Sergeant
WALTER VERNARD (W V) DONAHUE

  • Canadian Fallen Soldier - Flight Sergeant WALTER VERNARD DONAHUE

  • Flight Sergeant
    WALTER VERNARD (W V) DONAHUE

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    WALTER VERNARD (W V) DONAHUE
    23 April 2024
    R/84823
    Flight Sergeant
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    Royal Air Force
    1 August 1942
    KIA during raid on Dusseldorf, First reported missing, later presumed dead.
    81 years
    REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

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    1 August 1942 - REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY | Age: 81 years

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  • Attended McAdam, NB. High School, NB. Provincial Normal School and UNB. Hobbies hockey and football. Became school teacher in McAdam. Enl. Moncton. Trained at Toronto, St. Thomas, Victoriaville, Chatham and Pennfield Ridge. Qualified Sergeant-Observer. 20 yrs old when killed. Surv. Mother, Mrs. Thomas Donahue of McAdam, NB. No siblings. Was Bomb-aimer aboard Whiteley V bomber No.Z9512 of No.24 OTU of RAF Honeybourne, Worcestershire, flying as part of a mixed force of 630 aircraft for which 24 OTU (trainees) supplied 24 Whiteleys. RAF 92 OTU Group (trainees) lost 11 of its 105 aircraft altogether.

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Fallen Soldiers buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY