Donald John MCCASKILL

MCCASKILL, Donald John

    Service Number: 29431
    Enlisted: 11 December 1940
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Perth, Western Australia , 3 April 1917
    Home Town: Northampton, Northampton, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Flying Accident, Cunderdin, Western Australia , Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia, 20 October 1943, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
    Plot N. Row A. Gravesite 13., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cunderdin Air Training Collision Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 29431
    11 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 29431, Aircrew Training Units
    11 Dec 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 29431

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    RAAF Number 9 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-150 collided in mid-air with A17-203 near Cunderdin in Western Australia - all crew were killed:

    Flying Officer Francis Gregory English 415243 and Leading Aircraftman Donald John McCaskill 29431 were in A17-150 with Leading Aircraftman Donald Fraser 38597 flying solo in A17-203

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