Ian Alexander McDonald who's wartime address was 24 Brookland Rise, London, NW.11 served as an air gunner in 50 Squadron's Hampden AE 318 that was shot down 7/8 September 1941 on operations to Kiel. Ian McDonald was posted to 50 Squadron from 14 OTU (Operational Training Unit) on 17th August 1941. He flew three operations, 25th August 1941 to Mannheim, 2nd September to Berlin and the one he was shot down on, 7th September to Kiel. His aircraft was Hampden AE318 and was crewed by Sergeants D. Good (Pilot) D.F. Endsor (Bomb Aimer) R. Williamson (Wireless Operator) I.A. McDonald (Rear Gunner) the aircraft crashed near Oldenburg, Holstein. All of the crew became P.O.W.’s
Ian McDonald and my father Walter Layne were POW's together, McDonald's art work can be seen below. To get the searchlight effect McDonald placed a piece of paper the shape of a cone over his work area and blew ink down a straw to get the night time appearance.
There are 50 prisoners named in my father's POW "Wartime Log."
https://wallyswar.wordpress.com/pow-log/I am attempting to find a wartime photograph of each individual, so far I have found 23. My efforts so far can be seen here.
https://wallyswar.wordpress.com/other-pows/I am hopeful that through this website I can find a wartime photograph of Ian McDonald and hopefully a little more information.
Regards, David Layne.
