Name:
Donald Cole Lindsey
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/69761
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-03-26
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Old Weston Church Cemetery, Old Weston, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot:
Section A
Row:
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Comments:
Donald Cole Lindsey was born on December 15, 1921. He was the son of Fanny Lindsey, of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Donald served in the #16 Operational Training Unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Sergeant during World War II. He was killed on March 26, 1942, when his Hampden Mk. l P1221 aircraft hit the top of the spire of the Old Weston Church while attempting to land, crashing at the nearby RAF Molesworth.