Date of birth:

1913 (St Charles/Minnesota, United States)

Date of death:

September 11th, 1942

Mentioned on:

Air Forces Memorial Runnymede

Service number:

81624

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Unit:

No. 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force (No. 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force)

Awarded on:

March 27th, 1942

Citation:
"This officer has carried out many low level reconnaissance sorties and has successfully attacked enemy shipping and ground objecttives. On one occasion, whilst carrying out an attack against enemy troops attempting a landing, Flying Officer Donahue silenced the enemy's fire, thus enabling the rest of the formation to press home their attacks with impunity. He has destroyed several enemy aircraft."

• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - Kershaw A., Het verbond, BZZToH, 's-Gravenhage, 2007, ISBN 9789045301068
  - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35502 published on the 24 March 1942
  - The Battle of Britain
  

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