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Jeffrey MacDougall
British modern pentathlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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