James Ninian Macdonald

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles Alexander and Christina Macdonald (nee Ferguson), of Waipori, Otago.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Swung to port on take-off and plunged over the side of the carrier.  This may have been an operational flight as the HMS Battler was escorting Convoy OS49 which arrived at Gibraltar on the day of the accident 

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 107]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
James Ninian Macdonald
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Battler, 808 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
14 June 1943
Day of Death:
Monday
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
James Ninian Macdonald
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