LEST WE FORGET

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Warren MacDONNELL

From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force

Service No: 101520 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 603 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 603 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft LZ138), Panaghia Island, Turkey, 16 January 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Phaleron War Cemetery
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry King Nixon MacDonnell and Stella MacDonnell, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia; husband of Jess Fell MacDonnell, of Cairns
Roll of Honour: Unknown

On 16 January 1944, Beaufighter LZ138 was lost with the following crew members:

Flight Lieutenant Gordon Warren MacDonnell (101520) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Stanley William Piner (132179) (RAFVR) (Navigator) Remembered: Alamein Memorial

References:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/26/328

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