Dambuster Flt Sgt Grant McDonald signed The Men of the Dams Raid Bill Townsend Lancaster FDC PM The Dambusters ...

Dambuster Flt Sgt Grant McDonald signed The Men of the Dams Raid Bill Townsend Lancaster FDC PM The Dambusters 617 Squadron Royal Air Force Scampton Lincoln 17 May 09. Grant McDonald was born in Grand Forks, British Columbia in 1921. By the time he left school, the war had already started, and he applied to join the RCAF. At that stage it was not accepting new recruits, so he went first into the Canadian army, but was able to transfer to the air force a few months later. After training in Canada as an air gunner, he crossed the Atlantic on a troopship in May 1942. After some more training in Bournemouth and at a gunnery school near Stranraer, he was posted to an Operational Training Unit at Kinloss, where he crewed up with fellow Canadian, Ken Brown and navigator Dudley Heal. Their first operations were a number of anti-submarine patrols from St Eval in Cornwall, but they were then transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit for Lancaster training. Here a full crew of seven was formed. It was made up of three Canadians, Brown, McDonald and bomb aimer Steve Oancia, and four Britons, Heal, flight engineer Basil Feneron, wireless operator Harry Hewstone and gunner Don Buntaine. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99