Service Details
Name:
 McMASTER
Given Name:
 BRIAN JOHN
Initials:
 B J
Service No:
 84696
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 542 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-30
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire Vb AB313, involving three people and two aircraft occurred. Sq.Ldr R.V. Whitehead (R.A.E. Farnborough) having taken off to return to his Station crashed on 542 Squadron dispersal, with the result that F/Lt B.J. McMaster DFC (Officer Commanding "B" Flight, 542 Squadron) and LAC Bedford together with Sq.Ldr. Whitehead, were all killed. The aircraft was burnt out. An aircraft of 542 Squadron standing at dispersal was slightly burnt
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 12 January 1943 pg. 268 - "This officer has taken part in many sorties of a most varied nature. By his keenness he has set a great example to his fellow pilots"
Additional
Information:
Son of John and Devina Elizabeth McMaster; husband of Mary Leila McMaster, of St. Ippolyts. On war memorial for King Edward VII School, Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hertfordshire
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Cemetery:
 IPPOLLITS (ST. IPPOLYT) NEW CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 By path.

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