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Bertram Alexander MacDonald
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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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