Jeffrey MacDougall explained

Jeffrey MacDougall
Birth Date:16 September 1911
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sport:Modern pentathlon
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Jeffrey MacDougall (16 September 1911  - 11 December 1942) was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He was killed in action during World War II.[2]

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. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1940, for attacking a German airfield with "courage and determination". He flew 22 missions before dying on active service in December 1942. He is buried at Reading Crematorium.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeffrey MacDougall Olympic Results . 30 June 2012 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113080532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/jeffrey-macdougall-1.html . 13 November 2012 .
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.