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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 155

Five: Flight Sergeant W. R. Donaldson, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in an air crash on 8 February 1942

1939-45 Star; Defence Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (Sgt. W. R. Donaldson R-78064), good very fine (5)

William Robert Donaldson was born at Lakeview, Ontario on 11 April 1919 and was married. He was flying in Wellington X9954 from 120 OTU on 8 February 1942, which was carrying flares, ammunition, cameras and practice bombs when it crashed 1 mile north-east of Wardington, Oxfordshire. Donaldson is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.

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