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Donald Klein Swain

Record type: War Memorials

Biography: SERVICE NO. - R/77513
RANK: Flight Sergeant
TRADE: Pilot
DATE OF DEATH: 02 MAR 1942
AGE - 24
REGIMENT/SERVICE: Royal Canadian Air Force
HOME – Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
UNIT: No.5 Air Observers School
CEMETERY: St. Patrick’s Churchyard, Jurby, Isle of Man
GRAVE REFERENCE: Grave 351
Flight Sergeant Swain was the Pilot of Handley-Page Hampden N9090 which crashed at Ballagarraghyn while on approach to land at Jurby airfield on 2nd March 1942. He is buried at St. Patrick’s Church, Jurby.

Source: 1. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) 2.The Manx Aviation Preservation Society.

Gender: Male

External sources: Canada

Memorial: Canadian Airmen's Memorial (1941-44)

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