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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Donahue, Arthur Gerald |
| Date of birth: | 1913 (St Charles/Minnesota, United States)
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| Date of death: |
September 11th, 1942
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| Nationality: |
American |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Arthur Gerald Donahue learned to fly as a private pilot and gained his pilot and commercial flying licence before he was 19 year old. In June 1940 he went to Canada to enlist as a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force. He pretended to be Canadian and within just over a week time he was on a boat to England. First he joined the 7 Operational Training Unit (7 OTU) at Hawarden and was transferred to the No 64 Squadron on 3rd August 1940 at Kenley. He was injured and had to bail out of his burning Spitfire Mk I (X4018) on 12th August 1940. After revalidation he rejoined his unit in September. He was transfered to the American volunteer unit No 71 Squadron on 29th September, but requested to be transferred back to No 64 Squadron to gain more action. Late 1941 he was posted in Singapore. He was killed in action on 11th September 1942.
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