MacPherson, Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alexander |
Surname | MacPherson |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-07-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of David and Margaret Macpherson, of Aberdeen. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | X3139 |
Markings | OL-V |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Winsum General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Row 13. Grave 9. |
Epitaph | BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT OF ONE WE WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 66 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 982696 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Miscellaneous Information
A fourth crew member, Sgt. Victor William Kent RAF, survived the crash, was captured and became a POW at Stalag 357 Kopernikus |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/7539 (P360443/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/686/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-07-1941 |
End Date | 09-07-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Hamm. one of 45 Hampdens and 28 Whitleys dispatched on this mission. Only 31 aircraft were able to bomb in the target area. 4 Whitleys and 3 Hampdens lost |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner, 4./NJG1) and crashed 0056 9 July 1941 in the sea off Vlieland. |