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Done, Michael Steven

Date of birth:
April 2nd, 1917
Date of death:
May 11th, 1940 (Numansdorp/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Numansdorp
Row: D. Grave: 3.
Service number:
33186
Nationality:
British

Biography

Michael Steven Donne, was part of RAF 17 Squadron (RAF Martlesham Heath) and his Hawker Hurricane was shot at by a German Messerschmidt during a patrol flight over The Hague on 11 May 1940. He was badly injured in the process and his aircraft made an emergency landing at Lange Biesakkersweg in Numansdorp.

Medical care was to no avail and he was buried in the Numansdorp Cemetery.

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