Arthur Gerald Donahue, DFC (29 January 1913 – 11 September 1942) was an American fighter pilot who volunteered to fly for the British Royal Air Force in World War II.
He was one of 11 American pilots who flew with RAF Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940,[1] thereby qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939–45 campaign star.
Becoming Minnesota's youngest commercially certificated pilot at the age of 19, Donahue helped Conrad run the flight school until he left to enlist in the Royal Air Force.
Two days later, he saw combat against Messerschmitt Bf 109s off the French coast, and suffered serious damage to his aircraft, forcing him to land at RAF Hawkinge.
[3] A week later, on 12 August, Donahue was wounded in combat over England's south coast in his Supermarine Spitfire Mk.
258 Squadron in the Far East, and participated in the Battle of Singapore, also seeing action over Sumatra in February 1942, where he was wounded by ground fire.
[2][3][4] The citation for the award read:[6] This officer has carried out many low level reconnaissance sorties and.- has successfully attacked enemy shipping and ground objectives.