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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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:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand