LEST WE FORGET

Squadron Leader John Keith MacPHERSON

Service No: 261536
Born: 27 October 1910, Location Unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date Unavailable
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RAAF Station East Sale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-417), Bass Strait, 25 April 1944, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Sale War Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Agnes Macpherson; husband of Mary Gertrude Macpherson, of Mullaley, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Mullaley NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 25 April 1944, Beaufort A9-417 went missing over Bass Strait on a night over-water non-operational training flight. One body were later recovered. The crew members were:

Flight Sergeant Frederick Murray Fiegert (417470) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Squadron Leader John Keith MacPherson (261536) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Ronald Joseph McGuinness (404409) (Observer)
Flying Officer Alan Nicol Tanner (404187) (Second Pilot)

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 256

Bibliography:

Lax, M. (Mark) (editor) Always Ready: a history of RAAF East Sale, RAAF Publications Unit Melbourne VIC, 1993
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990

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