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Military service
Service number:
J/10329
Age:
27
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
May 21, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
March 15, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 9, 1942
Bornwird, Dongeradeel Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 24. H. 1-6.
Additional information
Son of Evan and Hannah Mary Macpherson. Brother of Warrant Officer Class II Norman MacPherson who died on September 1, 1942 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P> Three RCAF crew members on board Wellington aircraft were killed when it did not return from operations against Hamburg, Germany. The bodies of the crew were not found until 1951 and the wreckage was not found until 1989. The two RCAF with F/O MacPherson were the pilot, F.Sgt Douglas Prosser from Brownsburg, Que. and F.Sgt. Harry V. Thompson from Toronto. (Source: They Shall Grow Not Old, published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB) -
Memorial
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Donald James MacPherson
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