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MacDonald, Douglas

Date of birth:
(Lansing/Michigan, United States)
Date of death:
July 1943
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Douglas MacDonald serverd under the command of Colonel Bernt Balchen with the unit that flew over and at Greenland. He died in a planecrash in 1943.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant (junior grade)
Received for the rescue of downed airman from the icecap of Greenland.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Sources

  • - Lansing State Journal, article

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