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Donald served as a Second Lieutenant & Co-Pilot on B-24D #41-11806, 345th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Elkhart County, Indiana prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 30, 1942 in La Fayette, Indiana. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as an Actor and also as Single, without dependents.
B-24D #41-11806 took off from Benina Base in Libya on a bombing mission to Calabria Airdrome, Italy. After successfully dropping their bombs they collided, for an unknown reason, with B-24D 41-23785 while returning from the mission. Both planes crashed into the Mediterranean sea.
Donald was declared "Missing In Action" in this collision during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.

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    1. Diverse websites, via https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56250...
    2. Geschiedenis van de familie Verhagen, Rijnlandse Verhagens, Erik Verhagen
      Informatie van Erik Verhagen, met gebruikmaking van info van N. Plomp, Z. Plomp-Kamphuis en S.M. Verhagen uit Sneek: 'Bijdragen tot de genealogie van een geslacht Verhagen in Rijnland en Delfland' enWillem Verhagen: het nageslacht van Bernardus Cornelis Verhagen (6 april 1825)

    Historical events

    Birthday October 21, 1922

    • The temperature on October 21, 1922 was between 0.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
      • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
      • September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
      • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
      • November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
      • December 6 » One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.

    Day of death June 3, 1943

    • The temperature on June 3, 1943 was between 10.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
      • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
      • June 1 » BOAC Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing British actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
      • August 17 » World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
      • November 22 » Lebanon gains independence from France.
      • December 28 » Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
    

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