MacINTYRE, F/O Donald Philip (J5998) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.35 Squadron - Award effective 20 July 1942 as per London Gazette dated 4 August 1942 and AFRO 1413/42 dated 4 September 1942. Born 15 June 1915 in Saint John, New Brunswick; home there; Sergeant in 14th Field Ambulance before RCAF. Enlisted in Saint John, 7 October 1940. To Trenton, 23 October 1940. To No.1 ITS, 22 December 1940; graduated and promoted LAC, 27 January 1941 when posted to No.11 EFTS; graduated 29 March 1941 when posted to No.4 Manning Depot; to No.8 SFTS, 7 April 1941; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 3 July 1941. Commissioned 4 July 1941. Posted that date to Embarkation Depot. To RAF overseas, 20 July 1941. Shot down, April 1942 but evaded capture. Promoted Flying Officer, 4 July 1942. Promoted Flight Lieutenant, 27 November 1942. Leave in Canada, 5 June to 12 September 1943; to “Y” Depot on latter date and to RCAF Overseas Headquarters, 8 October 1943. Repatriated again, 14 February 1944. To Boundary Bay, 20 March 1944. To No.5 OTU, 31 March 1944. Promoted Squadron Leader, 1 August 1944. To War Staff College, 29 June 1945. To Eastern Air Command, 17 December 1945. Retired 9 January 1946. The Halifax bomber mentioned below was later raised from the lake and sent to the RAF Museum, Hendon. For his personal account, see Flypast, October 1982. Medal presented 15 April 1944. Died in Toronto 23 January 2006. One night in April 1942, Flying Officer MacIntyre and Pilot Officer Hewitt (RAFVR) were captain and navigator respectively of an aircraft detailed to carry out a low level attack on the German Naval Base at Trondheim. The target was located and in the face of intense opposition from the enemy's ground defences the attack was pressed home with great coolness and determination from a low level. During this operation the aircraft was hit. The outer portion of the wing caught fire and the fuselage and cockpit were filled with smoke. Soon the aircraft was well alight and, as it had become uncontrollable, Flying Officer MacIntyre decided to descend onto a lake to which he was directed by Pilot Officer Hewitt. This he achieved by a feat of superb airmanship. The crew then manned their dinghy and made their way to the side of the lake. After a perilous journey and suffering great hardships, Flying Officer MacIntyre and his crew eventually reached England. The greatest credit is due to both these officers for their calm efficiency and courageous devotion to duty. MacINTYRE, F/O Donald Phillip, DFC (J5998) - Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) - No.160 Squadron - Distinguished Flying Cross - Award effective 13 March 1943 as per AFRO 616/43 dated 9 April 1943. For distinguished service as heavy bomber pilot, particularly on the 15th of November 1942, when he lost one engine while bombing Benghazi Harbour, but remained in action and started five fires. NOTE: Public Records Office Air 2/9599 has more detailed citation as transmitted 10 January 1943. For distinguished achievement as a pilot of heavy bombardment aircraft on operational missions. On the night of November 16/16, 1942, while participating in a raid on Benghazi harbour installations, he lost one engine. Using his skill as a pilot and his determination and zeal to accomplish his mission, he remained in action and succeeded in bombing his target, starting five fires. His accomplishments on this and other occasions exemplify the fine spirit and morale of 160 Squadron. MacINTYRE, F/L Donald Philip, DFC (J5998) - Mention in Despatches - No.178 Squadron - Award effective 14 January 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 874/44 dated 21 April 1944. No citation to MiD. MacINTYRE, S/L Donald Philip, DFC (J5998) - Air Force Cross - No.5 OTU - Award effective 11 August 1945 as per London Gazette dated 14 August 1945 and AFRO 1453/45 dated 14th September 1945. As of AFC recommendation he had flown 1,354 hours, of which 334 were as instructor, 129 in previous six months. This officer has proved himself to be an outstanding Chief Flying Instructor of this Operational Training Unit. Through his general knowledge, tenacity and resourcefulness he has raised the flying on this unit to a very high standard. He is a natural leader both in the air and on the ground and has shown himself capable of tackling any job. His outstanding ability, perseverance and tireless devotion to duty on this unit are worthy of the highest praise. NOTE: In January 1997 the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society (Canadian Branch) presented to the National Aviation Museum a "dossier" (actually more like an album) with extended autobiographical notes on members (catalogued in the museum as D.805 C3 L96 1995 NMM). This included much information on MacIntyre although very little about his evasion which was relatively uneventful. RCAF Press Release No. 2442 dated 24 July 1943 reads: Bomb doors shot away, gasoline feeder lines cut, hydraulic system disabled and the aircraft generally in a colander-like condition from scores of flak holes, including 40 in the engines, F/L Donald P. MacIntyre, DFC (J5998) of East St. John, N.B., piloted a Liberator back from a bombing raid on Tripoli during the African campaign and landed it safely near Tobruk. The story has just been told by Sergeant N.H. Dalton, Rhodesian wireless operator-air gunner, who has arrived back in Britain from his tour in the Mediterranean theatre. This action-packed flight early in the year was only one of many flights, the Liberator having operated from Palestine, Egypt and then Benghazi. It had taken part in attacks on Crete and other Mediterranean ports, including Benghazi, prior to its occupation by the Eighth Army. As the aircraft made its run-up on the night attack on Tripoli, the enemy threw a box of flak around it, and although he took quick action, MacIntyre couldn’t evade it. “I was sitting in the bomb-bay to check off the bombs, when I realized that the sound of bursting flak wasn’t the only noise” said Sergeant Dalton. “There was the sound of shells ripping holes in us, and I thought it was funny when I heard one of the gunners say ‘I think there’s flak coming in here’. The seat the gunner had been sitting on had been blown away by a direct hit, but his only injury was a cut on the hand and some bits blown off his flying boots. “Another direct hit blew the rear hatch in” continued Dalton. “We dropped our bombs except one which stuck in the rack. There were so many holes in the bomb doors by this time that they fell off, and a shell came in and burst near the remaining bomb but didn’t explode it. I got a shell fragment in the knee, after which for a little while, I wasn’t terribly interested in anything else. “Our pilot turned out to see and stuck his nose down,” Dalton continued. “When we were well away and could check the damage, we found that we couldn’t get to the rear of the aircraft because the lines had been cut, and the escaping petrol was blinding. Despite this, the Australian rear gunner walked along the catwalk with his eyes shut and kicked away the remaining bomb. His sight was temporarily affected but he recovered rapidly.” With its wireless disabled, the Liberator was coast-hopped basewards, the crew momentarily expecting to be ordered to bail out, but it was able to make landing near Tobruk. “When we came down, it was still dark and our petrol was nearly exhausted” Dalton said. “As the hydraulic apparatus had been shot away, we had to use the manual gear to get the front and starboard wheels down, but the machinery for the port wheel having bits of flak in the works, would only half open, MacIntyre, always a splendid pilot, then did a marvellous job. He bounced the Liberator on the starboard wheel, which shock down the port wheel, and then made a perfect landing. Although there were 40 flak holes in the engines alone, none of them failed. There were also 20 holes near the seat of the gunner who ‘thought flak was coming in’.” In addition to the Canadian skipper and the Rhodesian wireless operator – air gunner, the crew was composed of two Englishmen, two Australians, an Irishman and a Frenchman. Previously, it had been made up of the Canadian, the Rhodesian, five Englishmen and the Irishman. The Englishmen included a Cockney, aged 32, father of four children who was nicknamed ‘the old man’, a particularly reliable gunner.

JOHN CLEMENT LAC R72804 - aero engine mechanic. From Souris, Prince Edward Island. Killed Aug 12/42 age 29. #124 Ferry Squadron, Winnipeg, Manitoba.. Two Anson aircraft collided. Please see Kirby J.H. for casualty list and flight detail. Leading AirCraftinan Macintyre is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Souris, Prince Edward Island.

PETER MCDONALD P/O(WAG) J85174//R198882. From Winnipeg, Manitoba. Killed in Action Feb 21/44 age 22. #179 Squadron. Wellington aircraft #HF 307 lost in the sea whilst on anti- sub patrol over the approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar. P/O O.F. Hyndman, two RAF members of the crew and one other member of the crew, not Canadian, were also killed. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Macintyre is buried in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Tangiers, Morocco.