Identity
Person No.
28599
Service No.
1768206
Last Name
First Name
Donald Jack
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Avro Lancaster LL752 LS-A he took off from Mildenhall in Suffolk at 22:36 hours on 11th May 1944, for a raid on the railway yards at Leuven (Louvain) in Belgium. The raid was carried out by 105 Lancasters as part of the extensive operations carried out to destroy and disrupt German supply and transport facilities in preparation for D-Day. Four Lancasters were lost including LL752, which was shot down by a Luftwaffe night-fighter after midnight at 00:30 hours, and crashed to the northwest of Leuven
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of John and Lily Wilson, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project