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  Bertram Alexander MacDonald 
  J/6029
  Flight Lieutenant
  109 (RAF) Squadron; Royal Canadian Air Force
  October 15, 1920
  New Waterford, Cape Breton, NS
  October 23, 1940
  Halifax, NS
  New Waterford, NS
  20
  5 feet, 10 inches
  fair
  hazel
  dark brown
    
  Truck Driver 
  Roman Catholic
  Single
  John MacDonald (Father) New Waterford, NS
  August 11, 1943
  22
  Marham Cemetery, Norfolk, United Kingdom
  Grave 44
  Commemorated on Page 183 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
  Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 15
  Bertram Alexander was the son of John S. MacDonald and Sarah Doyle MacDonald, of New 
  Waterford, NS.  
  On August 11, 1943 Flight Lieutenant MacDonald was a pilot pupil on a training flight near 
  Marham, Norfolk when his aircraft lost engine power and crashed on landing.  The Pilot Instructor, 
  Flight Officer Broom was injured and Flight Lieutenant MacDonald died from injuries sustained in 
  the crash. 
 
 
 
 
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