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Military service
Service number:
J/89285
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
626 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
November 10, 1921
Myrtle, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 4, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
48. I. 6.
Additional information
Son of Donald Grant McPherson and Annie Maud McPherson, of Myrtle, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
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Photo of MURRAY LANGTRY MCPHERSON
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Memorial
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson 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 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
The road named in his Honour by Colchester Borough Council is Murray McPherson Parade. -
Memorial
The road named in his Honour by Colchester Borough Council is Murray McPherson Parade. -
Memorial
The road named in his Honour by Colchester Borough Council is Murray McPherson Parade. -
Photo of Murray Langtry McPherson
Murray Langtry McPherson was from Myrtle, Manitoba. He served with the 626 Squadron at RAF Wickenby Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.<P> He died with the rest of his crew near Colchester North Essex United Kingdom after a mission to Karlsruhe, Germany during the night of 24/25th April 1944. The aircraft was attacked by Unteroffizier Beier of 6/KG51 near Diss, Norfolk U.K. at 0358 hours 25.04.44 towards the end of the mission. Lancaster UM-K2 Serial No. DV177 now damaged and on fire was less than a minute to reaching the main runway at Boxted airfield (Station 150 USAAF) near the village of Langham, when it crashed in fields on the periphery of the base at 0410 hours. The rear gunner was killed in the German attack and there were no survivors from the crash.<p> A small memorial to the crew will be unveiled near the location of the crash on April 25, 2013.<P> Information shown on 'WW2talk.com' -
Inscription
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War Memorial
This memorial commemorates airman who were killed in aircraft crash on April 25, 1944. Three members of the crew served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. <P> Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson of Myrtle, Manitoba, Pilot Officer Francis Winburn Gunn of Carrot River, Saskatchewan and Mid Upper Gunner Robert Edgar Hall Cameron of London, Ontario. <P> All three were killed near Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom. <P> The memorial was unveiled on April 25, 2013. -
War Memorial
This memorial commemorates airman who were killed in aircraft crash on April 25, 1944. Three members of the crew served with the Royal Canadian Air Force. <P> Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson of Myrtle, Manitoba, Pilot Officer Francis Winburn Gunn of Carrot River, Saskatchewan and Mid Upper Gunner Robert Edgar Hall Cameron of London, Ontario. <P> All three were killed near Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom. <P> The memorial was unveiled on April 25, 2013. -
Stone of Remembrance
Stone of Remembrance - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice - Brookwood Military Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Close up of Lancaster Approach
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Newspaper Clipping
The road names were awarded to the airmen by Colchester Borough Council and the main road sign to the new development was unveiled on the Sunday nearest the crash date this year 24th April 2016 by Peter Potter. He is a 626 Squadron veteran and lives locally. -
Street
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Grave Marker
Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll Of Honour Project. Volunteer Mike and Dale Symmonds
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Murray Langtry McPherson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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