Macpherson, Findlay
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Findlay |
Surname | Macpherson |
Gender | M |
Age | 32 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-11-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Findlay and Annie Macpherson, of Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK687 |
Markings | MP-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. G. 20. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN (John 15:13) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 203 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1115141 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/651/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 26-11-1943 |
End Date | 27-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 178 aircraft on a diversionary raid alongside a raid on Berlin. 6 Halifaxes Lost (3.4%). Bombing was very scattered and caused little damage, although part of the night-fighter force was drawn off from the Berlin raid. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Retzbach, Germany |