Donald B McNally
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) disappeared on weather recon flight over St Omer in P-47D 42-8413 [OS:P] 'Ma Fran', 355FG/357FS. Sustained a mid-air collision with P-47D 42-8408 and crashed near Wissant, France. Washed ashore at Calais. Buried in the same grave as Lt MCraw at Louisville KY
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Ma Fran
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 357th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 15 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Wissant, France | 15 November 1943 | Killed when his aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with P-47D 42-8408 and chashed on the beach near Wissant, France |
Buried |
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Brownsboro Road, Louisville, KY 40207, USA | 5 February 1950 | Buried with the other pilot, 1LT Lawrence D. McGraw in a Group Burial at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. |
Born |
Winetka Illinois |
Revisions
Lee Cuninngham 21-Jul-2015. Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Added KIA event per MACR 1289; Added Burial event and Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 9th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1289, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p 373