CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
MACDONALD |
First Name/s: |
James |
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Service No/s: |
649567 54631 |
Service: |
RAF |
Branch: |
Pilot |
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Awards: |
DFC, MBE |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Date |
Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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25 Nov 1943 |
Joined 576 Sqn at Elsham Wolds, Linconshire |
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12 Jun 1944 |
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14 Jun 1944 |
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29 Aug 1944 |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
Crew |
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26 May 1944 |
LL800 |
UL-H2 |
Training |
1440 |
nk |
nk |
P1 Plt Off C.G. Wearmouth |
NOTES: |
Fighter affiliation and air-to-sea firing |
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12 Jun 1944 |
ND903 |
*UL-R2 |
GELSENKIRCHEN |
2230 |
0250 |
4h20 |
P1 Flt Lt G.A.J. Wood |
NOTES: |
Target: Nordstern synthetic oil plant (Gelsenberg AG) |
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29 Aug 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
STETTIN |
2110 |
0550 |
8h00 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Target: Port Area V1 Flying Bomb Launch Site Load: 13x 1000lb, 4x 500lb bombs |
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06 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
LE HAVRE |
1700 |
2035 |
3h35 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Enemy strongpoints. R/T failure – unable to bomb – could notidentify target |
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10 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
LE HAVRE |
1630 |
2020 |
3h50 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Enemy strongpoint ½ mile SW of the Forêt de Montgeon |
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19 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h15 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
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20 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
CALAIS (SANGATTE) |
1500 |
1820 |
3h20 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Coastal guns & defences |
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23 Sep 1944 |
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NEUSS |
1830 |
2345 |
5h15 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
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NOTES: |
Marshalling yards |
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25 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
CALAIS |
0720 |
1020 |
3h00 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Enemy troops and gun positions. Master Bomber instructed crews to RTB with bombs due cloud cover over target area Unable to bomb due to cloud cover - bombs brought back. ORB shows Pym as AB (but likely wrong) as Weir has this in his logbook |
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26 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
CAP GRIS-NEZ |
1055 |
1400 |
3h05 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
6” Coastal Gun Battery |
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28 Sep 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h15 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Figet affiliation |
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05 Oct 1944 |
ME801 |
U2 |
SAARBRUCKEN |
1815 |
0100 |
6h45 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Marshalling yards. Aircraft diverted on the return due to fog at base. Diverted Wratting Common Landed on 3 engines – aircraft left there for repair. Crew returned to base with Trent crew in LM227 on 6 Oct 44. |
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11 Oct 1944 |
PB635 |
UL-N2 |
FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK, BRESKENS |
1520 |
1845 |
3h25 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Second Wave – Battle Order ‘B’ – 5 aircraft - Second aiming point. |
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12 Oct 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
Training |
nk |
nk |
1h00 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Hemswell and return |
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14 Oct 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
DUISBERG |
0645 |
0920 |
2h35 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Operation HURRICANE – 3 aircraft detailed to attack August Thyssen Steelworks (C2, G2, M2), rest detailed to attack 4 APs (mines and coke ovens) in the Hamborn area (19 a/c). Thyseen steelworks. Instructed to bomb visually. C2,G2,M2: 13x 1000lb, 4x500lb bombs |
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14 Oct 1944 |
ME801 |
UL-C2 |
DUISBERG |
2230 |
0105 |
2h35 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Built up area to N of docks B2,K2,M2: 1x 4000lb, 2,732x 4lb incendiaries. Returned early - engine failure on take off. All other a/c: 12x 1000lb & 4x 500lb bombs. |
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15 Oct 1944 |
NE115 |
UL-B2 |
WILHELMSHAFEN |
1720 |
2155 |
4h35 |
P1 Fg Off J. MacDonald |
NOTES: |
Built-up Area and Submarine Industry. |
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