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| Name: |
Roderick McDonald |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
8N (RNAS)
208 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
31 October 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
St. Joseph, Nova Scotia |
| Died: |
08 May 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Provin |
| Memorial: |
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Posted to 8 Naval Squadron in 1917, McDonald scored 8 victories before his Sopwith Camel was shot down over Provin by Jasta 43.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
24 May 1917 |
0750 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5472) |
Albatros D.III (DES) 1 |
Douai |
| 2 |
24 May 1917 |
0835 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5472) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 1 |
Willerval |
| 3 |
28 May 1917 |
2030 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6301) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
W of Douai |
| 4 |
20 Jul 1917 |
1840 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (N6375) |
DFW C (DES) 2 |
Lens |
| 5 |
27 Jul 1917 |
1600 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (N6375) |
C (DES) 3 |
Loos |
| 6 |
19 Aug 1917 |
0850 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (N6375) |
DFW C (OOC) 4 |
E of Lens |
| 7 |
05 Feb 1918 |
1245 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (N6387) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 5 |
S of Pont a Vendin |
| 8 |
21 Apr 1918 |
0935 |
208 |
Sopwith Camel (D1852) |
C (DES) |
SW of Henin-Lietard |
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| 1 |
Shared with FLt Charles Booker |
| 2 |
Shared with FCdr Robert Little, FSL J H Thompson, FSL W M Davidson (N6376) |
| 3 |
Shared with FCdr Robert Little |
| 4 |
Shared with FLt Ronald Thornely, FSL William Jordan, FSL J H Thompson (N6378) |
| 5 |
Shared with FSL Harold Day, FSL Wilfred Sneath, FSL Herbert Fowler |
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