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| Name: |
Hector Omdurman MacDonald |
| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
84 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
29 June 1899 |
| Place of Birth: |
Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Died: |
02 December 1943 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
European Public Cemetery, Takoradi, Ghana |
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Hector Omdurman MacDonald was commissioned on 20 July 1917 and posted to 84 Squadron on 3 February 1918. Flying the S.E.5a, he was credited with six victories before he was injured in a crash on 6 July 1918. Several months later, he returned to duty and scored his final victory on 30 October 1918. After the war, MacDonald returned to South Africa and became a sugar grower. During World War II, he was killed in a crash while serving as an armaments officer in the South African Air Force. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Apr 1918 |
1120 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C6465) |
C (CAP) 1 |
N of Hangard |
| 2 |
17 May 1918 |
1330 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C6465) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Hangest |
| 3 |
19 May 1918 |
1330 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C9519) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
SE of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 4 |
19 May 1918 |
1835 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C9519) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 2 |
SE of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 5 |
19 May 1918 |
1835 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C9519) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 2 |
SE of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 6 |
28 May 1918 |
1330 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C6455) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
S of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 7 |
30 Oct 1918 |
0930 |
84 |
S.E.5a (E6008) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
2 mi W of Leunelle |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Jens Larson, Lt Charles Stubbs, Lt Hugh Saunders |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, Lt B Oliver (C9519), 2Lt E E Biccard (C6442) |
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