Little is known of Don Mclean at this time. He was a member of F/L Allen's hudson crew, but according to Allen he was replaced by George Laforme as crew navigator (when they were flying Liberator's) when he began to suffer from battle fatigue (which was a very common ailment) view crew photo

P/O McLean was Navigator/Bombardier, onboard Flying Fortress FA698, when it crash landed on approach to base. view details

Update Feb 2020: Graham Moore has kindly submitted the following PDF (downloadable here - 1.4mb). "A narrative of the last flight of Boeing B-17 Fortress, FA.698, which crashed at Luscott Barton, near Braunton on 26 March 1943, killing three air crew. Copyright ©www.BritishMilitaryHistory.co.uk (2019)." Fantastic work by the group. Thank you Graham!