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1944
Don McEvoy is Missing - Word Reaches Home
Friends will regret to learn that Don McEvoy of the R.C.A.F., is missing from operations on June 16.
The young flier attended St. Dominic’s school and later the L.C.I.
After graduating from the Baker Business College he was employed in General Motors, Oshawa. He joined the Airforce in May 1942 going overseas in Aug. 1943.
Flt.-Sgt. Don McEvoy Missing
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. McEvoy, 29 Glenelg St. W., have received word to the effect that their son, Flight Sgt. Donald McEvoy, has been reported as missing, following operations over Germany on June 16th.
Further word received from the to the effect that he had completed 19 successful operations.
Flight Sgt. McEvoy, who was born in Midland, has lived in Lindsay practically all his life and graduated from the Lindsay Collegiate Institute, following which he worked with General Motors in Oshawa. He enlisted in 1942, receiving his training at Torontro and Trenton and his wings at McDonald, Man. He went overseas in August, 1943.
R.C.A.F.
Previously Missing, Now Officially Presumed Dead
McEvoy, Donald Ralph, D.F.M. PO. Bernard McEvoy (Father) Lindsay.
Warder September 1944
D.F.M. For Flt Segt D. McEvoy Killed in France
Midupper Guner Flight Sergeant Donald McEvoy. son o£ Mr. and Mrs. B. J. McEvoy, 29 Glenelg St. W., Lindsay, was killed in action on June 16th, 1944. Official word has been received by the parents to the effect that Don had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. No citation has been received.
Flight Sgt. Don McEvoy gives life
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benard McEvoy, Glenelg St. W.,
LCI Graduate and Popular Lindsay and Oshawa Boy
Official word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Benard McEvoy, Glenelg St. W., of the death of their son, Flt. Sgt. Donald Ralph McEvoy in air operations over Germany.
Flt. Sgt. McEvoy was reported missing on June 18.
A well-known and popular Lindsay boy with a wide circle of friends here, Donald McEvoy graduated from the Lindsay Collegiate Institute and Baker Business College, later accepting a position with General Motors in Oshawa.
Answering the call to duty he joined the RCAF and in August 1943 went overseas. He had four enemy aircraft to his credit and was awarded membership in the famous Caterpillar Club following a four mile parachute jump over England in which he sustained a fractured ankle.
In a letter to his family from his Commanding Officer it is revealed that he had been recommended for the DFM and that his Commission as a Pilot Officer had recently come through.
In addition to his parents, Flt. Sgt. McEvoy is survived by one sister Mrs. Ross Curtis (Dorothy) of Oshawa.
Flt. Sgt. McEyoy Loses Life in Air Operations
Recommended For DF.M. Commission As A PO. Had Gone
Through
In a brief telephone conversation today, Mrs. Ross Curtis informed the Post that her brother, Flt.-Sgt. Don McEvoy, Glenelg St., had lost his life in air operations over Germany on June 11. Previously he had been reported missing.
Word was also received that the young airman had been recommended for Distinguished Flying Medal and also that his commission as a Pilot Officer had gone through.
He had completed 21 air operations and had four enemy aircraft to his credit.
A parachute jump of four miles made him a member of the Caterpillar Club. He joined the Air Force in May 1942 going overseas in August, 1943.
The sympathy of the community is extended to his many friends and realtives.
Missing Flyer Awarded DFM
Following the announcement Monday night by Air Force Headquarters at Ottawa (1) that ten awards, which included three Distinguished Flying Medals, three Distinguished Service Orders, four Distinguished Flying Crosses had been made, word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. V. McEvoy to the effect that their son, Sergeant Donald R. McEvoy, who was reported missing June 16, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
The message that Mr. and Mrs. McEvoy received from his Wing Commander, J. A. Leplant. read as follows:
"Your son has been recommended for the immediate decoration of the Distinguished Flying Medal."
"It is an honour seldom given to a Sergeant Air Gunner."
Signed Wing Commander,
J. A. Leplant.
