McPherson, Robert Edward (Flight Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-November-19

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Home: Wesaca, Ontario

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

100 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sarang Tebuan Jangan Dijolok Malay

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/147791
PoW: 263493

Home
Google MapWesaca, Ontario
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Took off from Grimsby at 17:15 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code: HW-H Bomber Command) on an operation to Berlin.

Shot down by night fighter and crashed near Salswede. All crew survived to be POWs: Flight Sergeant Roscoe Burns Doughty RCAF R/144338 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant James Harvey Kerr RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Harry Norman Loton RAF POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Frank Robert Marsh RAF POW Dulag DL Wetzlar. Flight Sergeant Robert Edward McPherson RCAF R/147791 POW Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Sergeant Derek Sidney Gabriel Wynbergen RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belarial