In Memory Of

McGLASHAN, JOHN FERGUSON

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 21589
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit 2:
 seconded as Pilot Offr. to 113 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-06-05
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received 1st June, collided with Wellington BB510 of 215 Squadron at Dum Dum upon landing after aborting a raid and returning due to engine problems. The bombed up aircraft caught fire and soon after exploded destroying both aircraft.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot O. Row G. Grave 54.
Cemetery:
 CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY
Country:
 India
Additional Information
Son of William Ferguson and Edith Frances McGlashan, of Seymour, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Fort Beaufort. A civil servant.