Service Details
Name:
 MACGREGOR
Given Name:
 ROBERT BUTLER (BOBBIE)
Initials:
 R B
Service No:
 41856
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 77 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-15
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Whitley V P5044, took off 1935 from Driffield. On return and soon after breaking cloud to pinpoint their position the Whitley collided with a barrage balloon cable 1 mile SE of Eastleigh Hampshire
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert Morrice Macgregor and Carmel Gertrude Macgregor, of Nairobi, Kenya, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 FAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Old Portion. Row 2. Joint grave 9.

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