Jeffrey MacDougall

Jeffrey MacDougall
Personal information
Born(1911-09-16)16 September 1911
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died11 December 1942(1942-12-11) (aged 31)[1]
Sport
SportModern pentathlon

Jeffrey MacDougall DFC (16 September 1911 – 11 December 1942) was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during World War II.[3]

Personal life

MacDougall was commissioned as an officer in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1932, and was seconded to the Royal Air Force as a flying officer on probation four years later. With the outbreak of the Second World War, MacDougall was promoted to flight lieutenant.[2] He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross[2] in 1940, for attacking a German airfield with "courage and determination".[4] He flew 22 missions before dying on active service in December 1942.[2][1] He is buried at Reading Crematorium.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: McDougall, Jeffrey". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jeffrey MacDougall Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ "No. 35003". The London Gazette. 29 November 1940. p. 6812.


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