Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) Donald Arthur Pastorius (1923-1944)

Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.) Donald Arthur Pastorius Veteran

Birth

26 Apr 1923

Harrow, Essex County, Ontario, Canada

Death

28 Apr 1944 (aged 21)

De Planck, Arrondissement Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium

Burial

Heverlee War Cemetery

Leuven, Arrondissement Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Add to Map

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6. A. 11.

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Donald Arthur Pastorius, Son of Gore Charles and Charlotte "Lottie" May Tofflemire of Essex, Ontario, Canada. Donald was served with the RCAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Halifax LL258 434 Squadron crashed near De Planck Arrondissement Tongeren, Limburg, België....

Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was scrambled from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 01:07 hrs.

Crew:-

Pilot : Pilot Officer Edmund Arthur Vigor RCAF J/85758 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Bernard Randall RAFVR 2204816 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Navigator : Flying Officer Albert Edward Young RCAF J/20962 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Ralph Ellwood RCAF J/25698 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Alexander Breeze RCAF J/87376 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Pastorius RCAF J/86255 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Henry Havill RCAF R/176712 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

(contributor 47419676)

All rest at Heverlee War Cemetery in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant

Service No: J/86255

Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 434 Sqdn.

Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to the railway yards at Montzen, Blieberg, province of Liège.

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab IV./NJG 1, who was scrambled from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) in Bf 110 G-4 G9+DF at 01:07 hrs.

Crew:-

Pilot : Pilot Officer Edmund Arthur Vigor RCAF J/85758 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Bernard Randall RAFVR 2204816 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Navigator : Flying Officer Albert Edward Young RCAF J/20962 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer William Ralph Ellwood RCAF J/25698 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Alexander Breeze RCAF J/87376 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Pastorius RCAF J/86255 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Henry Havill RCAF R/176712 KIA Heverlee War Cemetery

(contributor 47419676)

All rest at Heverlee War Cemetery in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant

Service No: J/86255

Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force, 434 Sqdn.

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