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MCLEAN, D R - Flying Officer

Flying Officer
DONALD RAE (D R) MCLEAN

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  • Flying Officer
    DONALD RAE (D R) MCLEAN

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    DONALD RAE (D R) MCLEAN
    16 February 1920
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    J/20010
    15 September 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario, CA
    Student at McMaster University
    Flying Officer
    Royal Canadian Air Force
    25 April 1943
    Flying accident at Stockingford, England
    23 years
    BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS CHURCH CEMETERY
    Row F. Grave 4.

  • Flying Officer DONALD RAE MCLEAN's Story

  • Born
    16 February 1920 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Occupation
    Worked as a Student at McMaster University prior to enlisting.
    Enlisted
    15 September 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario | Age: 21 years
    Buried
    25 April 1943 - BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS CHURCH CEMETERY | Age: 23 years

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Interesting Facts

  • Son of Allan G. McLean and Donelda R. Weir of Ottawa, ON. His father, Allan, was a supervisor at the Department of National War Services. He and his entire crew were killed during a flying accident, when their plane crashed shortly after taking off for a cross-country expedition. Following the accident, McLean's station commander speculated that the pilot may not have been strapped in properly and fell against the stick due to turbulence from a heavy rainstorm. This, according to the accident report, resulted in the plane taking a vertical dive.

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Fallen Soldiers from Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada

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Fallen Soldiers buried in BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS CHURCH CEMETERY