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McPherson, Murray Langtry (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-25

Birth Date: 1921-November-10 (age 22)

Born: Myrtle, Manitoba

Donald Grant McPherson & Annie Maud McPherson

Home: Myrtle, Manitoba (parents)

Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment Date: 1941-11-04

Service
RCAF
Unit
626 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
To Strive And Not To Yield To strive and not to yeild
Base
RAF Wickenby
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/89285
Prev: R/134929

Took off from Wickenby at 21:52 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code UM-K2 Bomber Command) on an operation to Karlsruhe Germany.

Home-bound, regained the East Anglia coast only to be intercepted and shot down by an Intruder crashing at 04:10 close to Boxted Airfield some 5 miles N of Colchester Essex.

Killed includes McPherson: Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Edgar Hall Cameron RCAF R/116874 KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 48. Row I. Grave 7. Sergeant Ernest John Fancy RAF KIA Lytchett Minster Churchyard, S.E. part. Flight Sergeant James Douglas Mayger RAF KIA Glasgow Western Necropolis Sec. N. Grave 2118. Sergeant Dennis Randle RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 18. Flight Sergeant John Lander Shell RAF KIA Brookwood Military Cemetery, Plot 24. Row D. Grave 19. Flight Sergeant William Ross Wicks RAAF KIA Cambridge City Cemetery. Grave 13926.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapMyrtle, Manitoba (parents)
Target
Google MapKarlsruhe Germany
Burial
Google MapBrookwood Military Cemetery
Plot 48 Row I Grave 6

Lancaster DV177

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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Lancaster Mk.I/III DV177

GZ-K;PH-K2;UM-K2 Delivered to No. 12 Sqn (PH-K2) Jun/Jul 1943. Transferred to No. 626 Sqn (UM-K2). Shot down by German intruder near Boxted when returning from operation to Karlsruhe 25 Apr 1944.

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