LEST WE FORGET
Squadron Leader Kenneth Roy McDONALD
Service No: 250430
Born: 5 February 1917, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 22 Squadron, Ward’s Strip, PNG
Died: Air Operations: (No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-22), Buna Airstrip PNG, 26 November 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Roy William and Ida Marion McDonald; of Ivanhoe, Victoria; husband of Mavis Lorraine McDonald, of Ivanhoe
Roll of Honour: Ivanhoe VIC
Remembered: Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial, PNG
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While on a bombing and strafing mission over Buna airfield on 26 November 1942, Boston A28-22 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and exploded and its three crew members were killed. Those crew members were:
Squadron Leader Kenneth Roy McDonald (250430) (Pilot)
Sergeant Charles Ronald Napier (420247) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas Edward O’Neill (407451) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/47/162
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Boston, Mitchell and Liberator in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992