David Donaldson was 28 when he died flying over Crete in 1942. A kid from Brisbane who gave everything in a war far from home. Behind every name on a war memorial is a real story. This was his. → David grew up in Bardon, a quiet suburb of Brisbane. → In 1942, he was flying Liberator bombers for No. 160 Squadron RAF, deep in the war-torn skies of the Mediterranean. → His mission: disrupt Axis airfields and shipping as the war in North Africa reached its tipping point. It was dangerous work. Every
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David Donaldson was 28 when he died flying over Crete in 1942. A kid from Brisbane who gave everything in a war far from home. Behind every name on a war memorial is a real story. This was his. → David grew up in Bardon, a quiet suburb of Brisbane. → In 1942, he was flying Liberator bombers for No. 160 Squadron RAF, deep in the war-torn skies of the Mediterranean. → His mission: disrupt Axis airfields and shipping as the war in North Africa reached its tipping point. It was dangerous work. Every
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