McGregor, Duncan Roy
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Duncan Roy |
Surname | McGregor |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Dr. John Roy McGregor, and of Selina Rushton McGregor (Nee O'Brien), of Uxbridge, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB869 |
Markings | DY-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. F. 11. |
Epitaph | ALL THAT HE ASKED WAS BUT HIS DUE, AND IT WAS GRANTED, TO JOIN HIS CREW |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 208 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1602585 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/809/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-05-1943 |
End Date | 05-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Dortmund. 596 aircraft,- the largest 'non-1000' raid of the war so far and the first major attack on Dortmund. 31 losses (5.2%) with a further 7 crashing due to bad weather at their bases, taking the total loss rate to 6.4%. PFF marking was accurate but backup marking was not. Also, decoy fires attracted many of the bombs. Severe damage was nevertheless caused to much of the central and northern areas of the city, including the Hoesch and Dortmunder Union steelworks. At least 693 people were killed, including 200 PoWs. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the vicinity of Mönchengladbach, Germany |