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Donald Victor Blaikie (1922 - 1944)
Donald Victor Blaikie was born on October 4, 1922 at LONDON, LAMBETH LONDON, UK. He was born to Robert Alexander Blaikie and Gertrude Valerie Bristoll/blaikie, with sibling Robin. He died on June 9, 1944 at 21 years old.
Donald Victor Blaikie was my uncle and my dad's only brother. A very brave young man. Who at 21 years old was a sergeant and a gunner on a Lancaster bomber. He was shot down over Etemps in France coming home from a raid. That is where he is buried. We are quite a large family. I named one of my son's after him but he sadly died at 36 hrs old If anyone knows anything about his time in the RAF we would love to know.
Donald Victor Blaikie was my uncle and my dad's only brother. A very brave young man. Who at 21 years old was a sergeant and a gunner on a Lancaster bomber. He was shot down over Etemps in France coming home from a raid. That is where he is buried. We are quite a large family. I named one of my son's after him but he sadly died at 36 hrs old If anyone knows anything about his time in the RAF we would love to know.
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Donald Victor Blaikie
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Donald Blaikie was born on at LONDON, in LAMBETH LONDON, ENGLAND County, UK
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Morigny-champigny Communal Cemetery Grave 8., in ENGLAND
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Donald was my uncle. My dad's only brother. Anyone who knew him or of him please contact me please with any info you may have. He was a very brave young man. God Bless You Uncle Donald.
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Donald Victor Blaikie passed away on June 9, 1944 at 21 years of age. He was buried in Morigny-champigny Communal Cemetery Grave 8., ENGLAND. Donald was born on October 4, 1922 at LONDON, LAMBETH LONDON, UK. He was born to Robert Alexander Blaikie and Gertrude Valerie Bristoll/blaikie, with sibling Robin.
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In 1922, in the year that Donald Victor Blaikie was born, on James Joyce's 40th birthday, his book Ulysses was published in France. The book covers the experiences of an Irishman in Dublin on an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Now considered a classic, it was controversial at the time. Due to some sexual content, the book was banned in the U.S. during the 1920's and the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of the novel.
In 1930, at the age of just 8 years old, Donald was alive when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.
In 1932, Donald was just 10 years old when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
In 1944, in the year of Donald Victor Blaikie's passing, on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.
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