Sergeant [Pilot]

Leslie George Raymond Donaldson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Richard and Magaret Ford Donaldson, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1998)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a delivery flight of a Spitfire from Shropshire to Yorkshire, Leslie crashed near Stoke -on-Trent. The cause of the crash is not known.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1 p 178]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
405241
Name:
Leslie George Raymond Donaldson
Rank: 
Sergeant
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr Richard Donaldson (father), 40 Bay View Road, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air accident
Date of Death:
03 February 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Row M. Grave 9.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Leslie George Raymond Donaldson
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