MCPHERSON, Keith Robert
Service Number: | 430391 |
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Enlisted: | 29 January 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Northcote, Victoria, 24 October 1923 |
Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada , 13 March 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Mossbank Cemetery, Canada |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 430391 | |
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29 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 430391, Aircrew Training Units | |
29 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 430391 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
LAC McPherson 430391 and LAC McKenzie 36216 were killed in the loss of Bolingbroke Mk 4 Training aircraft of Number 2 Bomb Aiming and Gunnery School RCAF near Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada during a routine gunnery exercise. The duty Pilot saw the aircraft spinning at approximately 1000 feet and it spun all the way down hitting the ground.