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ROBERT MACPHERSON

Possibly – only one on the Glasgow WW2 Roll of Honour and on SNWM

Robert MacPherson -age 22 – Flying Officer/Air Bomber (154743) 158 Squadron, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

Robert was commission from Aircraftman (1682502) in December 1943 and promoted to F/O in June 1944. His Halifax bomber took off from RAF Lissett in Yorkshire for a raid on Bochum near Essen but crashed at Wetten. He was buried there but was re-interred at Reichswald in May 1947.

(Source: London Gazette 18/2/1944 p.896 & 11/7/1944 p.3285, aircrewremembered.com and CWGC)

Born c.1922 in Glasgow. (Source: SNWM but cannot identify on GRoS)

Son of Arthur and Agnes MacPherson, of 1240 Royston Road, Millerston, Glasgow E1.

(Source: CWGC and the Glasgow WW2 Roll of Honour)

Killed in Action on 4 November 1944.

Commonwealth War Grave – Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.