ARTHUR CLARENCE P/O(BA) J90365//R157074. From Warren, Manitoba. Killed in Action May 25/44 age 22. #192 Squadron. Target - Aachen, Germany. Please see P/O E.P. Sabine for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Bomb Aimer MacGillivray was buried at St. Trond, Belgium, exhumed, and reinterred in the War Cemetery, Heverlee, Brabant, Belgium.

DONALD DUNCAN SGT(WAG) R139766. From Silver Park, Saskatchewan. Killed Apr 13/43 age 29. #32 Operational Training Unit, Patricia Bay, British Columbia. Hampden aircraft #AN 121 had just completed a low level bombing training run when it turned over on its back and entered the water upside down in the sea off Cowichan Head, Vancouver Island. P/O J.S. Peterkin (RAF) and Sgt R.T. Barrow (RAAF) were also killed. Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner MacGillivray is buried in the Silver Park Cemetery, Silver Park, Saskatchewan.

JOHN JAMES FS(BA) R143002. From Vancouver, British Columbia. Killed Nov 24/43 age 23. #1658 Conversion Unit. Halifax aircraft #JB 926 crashed in the night at Agra Moor, Yorkshire. Six of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Flight Sergeant Bomb Aimer MacGillivray is buried in the Stonefall Cemetery, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England.

ROBERT P/O(WAG) J86061//R139752. From Silver Park, Saskatchewan. Killed in Action Feb 8/44 age 20. #415 Swordfish Squadron (Ad Metam). Wellington aircraft ditched. Please see Hanson E. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Wireless Operator Air Gunner MacGillivray has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede War Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England.

MAGILL, P/O James (J89838) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.578 Squadron - Award effective 6 January 1945 as per London Gazette dated 19 January 1945 and AFRO 508/45 dated 23 March 1945. Born July 1922 in Saskatoon; home there; enlisted Winnipeg 11 December 1941. Granted Leave Without Pay until 14 January 1942 when posted to No.2 Manning Depot. To No.3 BGS, 28 February 1942 (guard duty). To No.7 ITS, 9 May 1942; graduated and promoted LAC, 3 July 1942 but not posted to No.6 EFTS until 15 August 1942; graduated 9 October 1942 and posted to No.4 SFTS; ceased training and posted to No.1 Composite Training School, 14 January 1943; to No.5 BGS, 19 February 1943; graduated 14 May 1943 and posted next day to No.1 CNS; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 25 June 1943. To ?Y? Depot, 9 July 1943; to United Kingdom, 15 July 1943. Commissioned 22 September 1944. Repatriated 7 February 1945. Promoted Flying Officer, 22 March 1945. Retired 12 April 1945. Photo PL-35241 shows him. No citation other than \"completed...numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty.\" Public Records Office Air 2/9039 has recommendation for a DFM (he was still a Flight Sergeant) dated 22 October 1944 when he had flown 38 sorties (162 hours 30 minutes), 11 June to 15 October 1944. * denotes Daylight sortie 11 June 1944 - Massy Palaiseau (5.13) 12 June 1944 - Amiens (4.27) 14 June 1944 - Douai (3.55) 15 June 1944 - Foulliard Dump (5.37) 17 June 1944 - St.Martin l\'Hortier (3.30) 30 June 1944 - Villers Bocage (4.21)* 1 July 1944 - Oisemont (3.57)* 4 July 1944 - St.Martin l\'Hortier (3.57) 5 July 1944 - St.Martin l\'Hortier (4.03) 9 July 1944 - Les Cartelliers (4.26)* 12 July 1944 - Thiverny (4.54)* 15 July 1944 - Nucourt (4.45) 18 July 1944 - Caen H.2 (4.29)* 20 July 1944 - Bottrop (4.47) 23 July 1944 - Kiel (5.24) 28 July 1944 - Foret de Nieppe (3.24)* 29 July 1944 - Foret de Nieppe (4.00)* 1 August 1944 - Anderbelck (3.08)* 3 August 1944 - Bois de Casson (4.43)* 5 August 1944 - Foret de Nieppe (2.54)* 7 August 1944 - TOTALIZER 3 (4.55) 18 August 1944 - Sterkrade (4.21) 25 August 1944 - Brest (5.24) 27 August 1944 - Homburg (4.16)* 3 September 1944 - Venlo (3.52)* 10 September 1944 - Le Havre (3.31)* 11 September 1944 - Gelsenkirchen (4.17) 12 September 1944 - Munster (4.30) 15 September 1944 - Kiel (5.30) 17 September 1944 - Boulogne (3.03)* 24 September 1944 - Calais II (3.03)* 25 September 1944 - Calais 2B (3.27)* 26 September 1944 - Calais (3.03)* 27 September 1944 - Calais (3.14)* 5 October 1944 - Sterkrade (4.23)* 9 October 1944 - Bochum (5.18) 14 October 1944 - Duisburg (5.08) 15 October 1944 - Duisburg (5.25) Flight Sergeant Magill has carried out 38 operations totalling 162.30 hours during which he has taken part in attacks on important targets such as Duisburg, Bochum, Munster and Kiel. Throughout an extended tour of operations against a considerable variety of targets both by day and night, this fine Non-Commissioned Officer has fulfilled his duty as an Air Bomber with the utmost coolness and efficiency. He has demonstrated his ability by the high percentage of \"Aiming Point\" photographs which he has brought back from his many sorties into Germany and the occupied countries. A most conscientious crew member whose courage and cheerfulness have set a fine example to his crew and other members of the squadron. For his exceptional tenacity of purpose and fine record he is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.

JOHN GEORGE HENRY P/O(P) J86399//R136437. From Toronto, Ontario. Killed in Action May 11/44 age 24. #11 Squadron (Octores Acrioresque Aquilis). P/O Magill made a crash landing after strafing enemy positions three miles north-east of Kohima, Assam. He was killed when his Hurricane aircraft #LD 185 overturned. Pilot Officer Pilot Magill was buried in the Military Cemetery at Dirnapur, Assam, exhumed, and reinterred in the Imphal Military Cemetery, Imphal, India.

McGILL, A/V/M Frank Scholes (C565) - Companion, Order of the Bath - AFHQ - Award effective 14 June 1945 as per Canada Gazette of that date and AFRO 1127/45 dated 6 July 1945. Born in Montreal, 20 June 1894 as per RCAF Press Release reporting award; attended McGill University. Joined RNAS, 1915; active on anti-submarine patrols over North Sea. Back in North America, 1918, was advisor and instructor to US Navy before being sent back to UK to resume patrols. Repatriated in 1919. Postwar he was manager and director of Dominion Oil Cloth and Linoleum. With CAF in 1920-21 but went back to business until 1932 when he became involved in RCAF Auxiliary (CO, No.15 Squadron for four years). On outbreak of war he commanded No.1 SFTS, then No.2 SFTS (June 1940); promoted Group Captain, 20 September 1941; served at AFHQ (Director of Postings and Records, April 1941), No.2 Group Headquarters. To Station Trenton, 28 March 1942; appointed AOC No.1 Training Command, 5January 1943. Promoted Air Vice Marshal, 1 June 1943. To AFHQ, 30 November 1943, serving to end of war he was in AFHQ as Air Member for Organization and, on amalgamation of that directorate with Supply he became Air Member for Supply and Organization. Retired 15 February 1946. Died in June 1980. RCAF photo PL-2232 taken at Uplands shows LAC A.S. Johnson (Toronto), LAC J.A. Thompson (Listowel), G/C F.S. McGill (Commanding Officer), LAC J.J. Lawless (Toronto), and W/C L.G. Fullerton. Photo PL-35866A is a wartime portrait. Governor General's Records (RG.7 Group 26, Volume 59, file 190-I) has citation. See Winter 1980 issue of Journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society for extensive obituary/biography. Since the outbreak of war, Air Vice-Marshal McGill has rendered outstanding and devoted service to the Royal Canadian Air Force. He has commanded a Service Flying Training School, and served as Air Officer Commanding a Training Command and as an Air Member of the Air Council with great distinction. In all his assignments he has displayed rare qualities of skill, organizing ability and devotion to duty. He sets a very high standard which is an example and inspiration to all who are associated with him. By his leadership, efficiency and unflagging zeal, he has rendered highly meritorious service to the Royal Canadian Air Force. McGILL, A/V/M Frank Scholes (C565) - Commended for Valuable Services - Air Force Headquarters - Award effective 9 June 1945 as per Canada Gazette of that date and AFRO 1219/45 dated 27 July 1945. McGILL, A/V/M Frank Scholes (C565) - King Haakron VII's Cross of Liberation (Norway) - Award effective 12 June 1948 as per Canada Gazette of that date and AFRO 371/48 dated 11 June 1948.

McGILL, FS (now P/O) John Edward (R218209/J94755) - Distinguished Flying Medal - No.432 Squadron - Award effective 8 September 1945 as per London Gazette dated 25 September 1945 and AFRO 1768/45 dated 23 November 1945. Born June 1923 in Saskatoon. Home in Vancouver or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (mechanic); enlisted Saskatoon, 14 April 1943 and posted to No.2 Manning Depot. To No.1 CNS, 18 June 1943. To No.4 Training Command, 27 June 1943. Promoted AC1, 14 July 1943. To No.8 BGS, 25 July 1943; to No.2 ITS, 4 September 1943. To No.1 Air Gunner Ground Training School, 12 November 1943; promoted LAC, 1 January 1944 when posted to No.3 BGS; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 11 February 1944. To No.4 Aircrew Graduate Training School, 25 February 1944. To ?Y? Depot, 22 March 1944. Taken on strength of No.3 PRC, 30 March 1944. Commissioned 28 February 1945. Repatriated 7 June 1945. To No.2 Air Command, 24 June 1945. Retired 24 August 1945. No citation other than "completed... numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." DHist file 181.009 D.2618 (RG.24 Vol.20627) has recommendation dated 16 April 1945 when he had completed 31 sorties (201 hours five minutes) between 27 November 1944 and 10 April 1945. DFM sent by registered mail. The above mentioned NCO has completed thirty-one operational sorties over enemy territory; many of the targets were heavily defended and a number of the sorties were long and arduous. This NCO displayed outstanding co-operation, coolness and force of character. He was an inspiration to the remainder of the crew and they all had complete confidence in him. For his outstanding ability and cheerful confidence, Flight Sergeant McGill is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal (Non-Immediate). The sortie list was as follows (* indicates daylight sortie): 27 November 1944 - Neuss (5.05) 2 December 1944 - Hagen (7.45) 4 December 1944 - Karlsruhe (6.40) 5 December 1944 - Soest (6.40) 6 December 1944 - Osnabruck (6.15) 18 December 1944 - Duisburg (6.00) 28 December 1944 - Oplagen (3.40) 29 December 1944 - Trois Dorf (7.00) 30 December 1944 - Cologne (6.35) 2 January 1945 - Ludwigshaven (7.00) 5 January 1945 - Hanover (5.35) 6 January 1945 - Haney (6.45) 13 January 1945 - Saarbrucken (7.10) 14 January 1945 - Gravenbroich (6.25) 28 January 1945 - Stuttgart (7.10) 1 February 1945 - Mainz (6.50) 2 February 1945 - Wanne Eickel (6.00) 4 February 1945 - Osterfeld (6.40) 7 February 1945 - Goch (5.55) 1 March 1945 - Mannheim (6.50*) 2 March 1945 - Cologne (5.45*) 14 March 1945 - Sweibrucken (7.25) 15 March 1945 - Castrop Rauxel (5.55*) 18 March 1945 - Witten (7.45) 21 March 1945 - Rheine (5.15*) 22 March 1945 - Dorsten (5.05*) 24 March 1945 - Gladbach (5.40*) 25 March 1945 - Munster (6.00*) 31 March 1945 - Hamburg (2.05*, duty not carried out) 4 April 1945 - Harburg-Remanien (6.10) 8 April 1945 - Hamburg (6.10) 10 April 1945 - Leipzig (7.50*)

EDMUND THOMAS FS(WAG) R58817. From Winnipeg, Manitoba. Killed in Action Jun 9/42 age 27. #405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus). Target - Essen, Germany. Please see Pethybridge W.J. for casualty list and flight detail. Flight Sergeant Wireless Operator Air Gunner McGill was buried in the Military Cemetery at Cologne, Germany, exhumed, and reburied in the War Cemetery at Rheinberg, Germany.

JACK LAURIE F/O(P) J24400. From London, Ontario. Killed in Action Mar 24/44 age 27. #166 Squadron (Tenacity). Target - Berlin, Germany. Please see F/O E.J. Underhill for casualty list and flight detail. Flying Officer Pilot McGill was buried at Treunbrietzen, exhumed, and reinterred in the Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany.

ROBERT SMITH F/O(N) J25551. From Paisley, Ontario. Killed in Action May 13/44 age 21. #104 Squadron (Strike Hard). Wellington aircraft #MF 238 failed to return from a raid against Port Ferrajo, Italy. Sgts W.R. Banner (RAF) and J. Mawer (RAF) were also killed. Two of the crew, not Canadians, missing believed killed. Flying Officer Navigator McGill has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Malta War Memorial, Malta.

McGILLIVRAY, F/O Dougal Archibald (J19973) - Distinguished Service Order - No.428 Squadron - Award effective 3 November 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and AFRO 1/45 dated 5 January 1945. Born in Kirkhill, Ontario, 16 April 1918. Home in Dalkeith, Ontario (farmer); enlisted in Ottawa, 10 January 1941 and posted to No.1 Manning Depot. No No.1A Manning Depot, 19 February 1941. To No.16 Explosives Depot, 20 March 1941. To “S”, 13 May 1941. To No.1 WS, 24 May 1941. Promoted LAC , 26 June 1941; to No.6 BGS, 11 October 1941. Graduated and promoted Sergeant, 7 November 1941. To “Y” Depot, 8 November 1941. To RAF overseas, 12 December 1941. Commissioned 22 February 1944. Reported to No.3 PRC, Bournemouth, 7 May 1944 but apparently proceeded on second tour. Promoted Flying Officer, 25 August 1944. Repatriated 28 October 1944. To Mountain View, 5 December 1944. To Release Centre, 24 February 1945. Released 8 March 1945. Died in Alexandria, Ontario, 13 September 2013. Obituary gave name as Dougald MacGillivray. Cited with F/L R.E. Curtis (RCAF, awarded DSO), F/L Hugh F. Smith (RCAF, awarded DFC), F/O Robert G. Marshall (RCAF, awarded DFC), F/O Charles F. Wattie (RCAF, awarded DFC) and Sergeant J.D. Rose (RAF, awarded DFM). Invested by Governor General, 2 December 1946. DHist file 181.009 D.1634 (RG.24 Vol.20604) has initial recommendation dated 15 September 1944 and give name as Douglas Archibald. This was on his second tour. First had been 30 May 1942 to 4 December 1942 (three sorties with No.23 OTU (starting with Cologne, 30 May 1942), 23 sorties with No.15 Squadron; second tour had been 5 July to 12 September 1944 with No.428 Squadron (21 trips) - total of 47 sorties, 298 hours 45 minutes. Date of incident below was 12 August 1944. RCAF photo PL-33265 (ex UK-15273 dated 3 October 1944) shows him; caption describes the incident noting that he had never flown an aircraft before. // These officers and Sergeant Rose have participated in a very large number of sorties and have displayed skill, courage and devotion to duty worthy of the highest praise. In August 1944, they were members of the crew of an aircraft detailed to attack Dortmund. Whilst on the bombing run the aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire and was hit. Flight Lieutenant Curtis was wounded in the head. Despite the severity of his injury, this brave pilot remained at the controls and pressed home his attack. Not until the task was accomplished did he ask for assistance. He afterwards collapsed and was placed in the rest position. Flying Officer McGillivray, the air bomber, then took over the controls and kept the aircraft on a course for home. During the return flight his comrades, Flight Lieutenant Smith, Flying Officers Marshall and Wattie and Sergeant Rose set a fine example of coolness and co-operation and did everything within their power to assist in flying the aircraft home. Eventually an airfield was reached. Although he had never previously landed an aircraft, Flying Officer McGillivray succeeded in bringing it down, being greatly assisted by the advice and directions of Sergeant Rose, the flight engineer. These members of aircraft crew displayed rare determination and great courage in perilous circumstances. Flight Lieutenant Curtis had sustained a compound fracture of the skull. Until the time he became incapable of further action he had displayed the courage and tenacity of a fine leader. // Note: The citation is in error; the date of the incident was 12 September 1944. // DHist file 181.009 D.1634 (RG.24 Volume 20604) has original recommendation by W/C A.C. Hull dated 15 September 1944 when he had flown 47 sorties (298 hours 45 minutes) as follows: // On the 12th August [sic, 10 September], on the attack on Dortmund, the piloy of P/O McGillivray’s aircraft was dangerously wounded by flak and the rear gunner killed. P/O McGillivray took over the controls and piloted the aircraft back to England. His coolness and confidence reassured the crew to a major degree and despite having never landed an aircraft before, his landing would have been successful had not the port tyre (which had been damaged by flak) burst on impact. The remainder of the crew undoubtedly owe their lives to the determination, courage and coolness of P/O McGillivray in this emergency. For his courage and coolness in the face of danger, I recommend the immediate award of the DFC. // The sortie list is very poorly typed - first part unreadable; the rest was as follows: // 1 September 1942 - Saarbrucken (5.20) // 2 September 1942 - illegible (6.00) // 4 September 1942 - Bremen (5.45) // 6 September 1942 - Duisburg (3.50) // 7 September 1942 - Warnemunde (5.40, duty not carried out) // 9 September 1942 - Gardening (5.25) // 13 September 1942 - Bremen (4.50) // 14 September 1942 - Wilhelmshaven (5.05) // 16 September 1942 - Essen (1.50, duty not carried out) // 18 September 1942 - Gardening (7.40) // 21 September 1942 - Gardening (7.00) // 23 September 1942 - Vegasack (5.20, duty not carried out) // 5 October 1942 - Aachen (5.00) // 6 October 1942 - Osnabruck (4.30) // 15 October 1942 - Cologne (5.10) // 22 October 1942 - Gardening (6.35) // 23 October 1942 - Genoa (6.30) // 27 October 1942 - Gardening (6.35) // 7 November 1942 - Genoa (6.25, duty not carried out) // 8 November 1942 - Marseilles, Nickels (9.00) // 4 December 1942 - Frankfurt (9.55) // * * * * * // 5 July 1944 - Gardening (6.35) // 18 July 1944 - Wesseling (6.15) // 20 July 1944 - L’Hey (3.45, day) // 23 July 1944 - Kiel (5.35) // 24 July 1944 - Stuttgart (9.20) // 25 July 1944 - Stuttgart (9.10) // 28 July 1944 - Hamburg (5.20) // 3 August 1944 - Bois de Casson (4.55, day) // 4 August 1944 - Bois de Casson (4.30, day) // 5 August 1944 - St. Leu (5.30, day) // 7 August 1944 - Mer de Magna (4.50) // 9 August 1944 - Coulonvillers (4.25, day) // 10 August 1944 - La Pallice (6.55) // 12 August 1944 - Brunswick (6.20) // 14 August 1944 - Falaise (4.55, day) // 15 August 1944 - Soesterburg (3.55, day) // 25 August 1944 - Russelheim (9.00) // 27 August 1944 - Mimotecques (3.55, day) // 29 August 1944 - Stettin (10.00) // 6 September 1944 - Emden (4.05) // 12 September 1944 - Dortmund (5.20) // The February 2003 issue of Short Bursts (Air Gunner Association newsletter) carried the following narrative by Robert Marshall: // I am a bit hesitant to relate wartime experiences knowing that many of your readers are my peers in experiences both in and out of the ordinary. Actually my 50 plus ops were, for the most part, pretty routine with the occasional minor "prang" and our aircraft being ventilated with a few pieces of stray flak. I never baled out, never ditched, was never shot down and apart from a couple of strafing exercises never fired my guns. Enemy aircraft were sighted on occasion but they always seemed to be going after someone else. // However on what turned out to be the last trip of our second tour we did have an adventure that probably few other crews experienced. On Sept 14, 1944 we ran into heavy flak over Dortmund and took quite a beating. Our tail gunner (Jimmy Flood from Toronto , on his 66th trip), was killed and our pilot (Russ Curtis from Erie, Penn.) seriously wounded. Our bomb aimer (Dougal MacGillivray from Dalkeith, Ont.) took over the controls and put into practice what he had learned in his one session on a link trainer. Although never having been at the controls of an aircraft before he flew it like a veteran to a somewhat precarious landing at an emergency RAF airdrome in East Anglia. I don't remember much of the trip home but one thing I do remember was looking up in the cockpit and seeing Dougal at the controls with his helmet off to one side and, although he may have been churned up inside, looked as calm and collected as would a veteran pilot. I think I knew then that we were going to get home and down safely. // Russ recovered from his head injury - a piece of flak had cut a groove through the top of his head. The rest of us returned to base and a few days later attended Jimmy's burial in the Canadian section of Brookwood cemetery in Surrey. And a month or so later in mid-October, with the exception of Russ, we were on our way home for the last time. // Dougal and I are the only members of the crew still alive with our fond memories of the others---Russ; Charlie Wattie, navigator (from Barrie Ont.) and Hugh Smith, wireless operator (from Niagara Falls Ont.); who all passed away over a decade ago. // A further note on Dougal: Dougal went overseas in late 1941 as one of ours--a w/ag. At that time four motored aircraft were on the horizon with the crew format changed from that on the old mainstream two motored Wellingtons, Hampdens and Whitleys. On Wellingtons, for example the crew consisted of two pilots, a navigator ( or observer) who had the bomb dropping responsibilities, two wireless operators, one of whom occupied the front turret, and a tail gunner. With the advent of four motored aircraft the crew, as most will remember, was reduced to one pilot and one wireless operator, with the addition of a bomb aimer, an engineer and a mid upper gunner. Hence Dougal arrived overseas when wireless operators were in excess and bomb aimers in short supply. As a result Dougal and some of his classmates were given minimal training and remustered as bomb aimers. Dougal survived a first tour in 1942/43 on Stirlings. // RCAF Press Release No.6836 dated 19 September 1944 from Sergeant J.D. Badger, transcribed by Huguette Mondor Oates, reads: // WITH THE RCAF BOMBER GROUP OVERSEAS: -- In the last flight of his operational career, a Ghost squadron bomb-aimer and veteran of two tours had to take over the controls of his flak-riddled Lancaster from the seriously wounded pilot. The bomb-aimer, Pilot Officer Dougal MacGillivray, Dalkieth, Ontario (R.R.1), flew back and landed safely despite his inexperience, vital damage to the aircraft and a tire bursting as the plane touched down. // As the heroic young flier was too shy to explain the feat to the press, his navigator, Flying Officer Charles Wattie of Barrie, Ontario, told the story for him. “It happened on the last operation against the synthetic oil plant outside Dortmund, Germany,” Wattie began. He went on to relate how heavy, predicted flak caught the Lancaster as it entered the target area, again in the bombing run and a third time as the riddled aircraft wavered out from the target area. // The first burst killed the rear gunner, a Canadian lad on his 64th sortie. It was scheduled to be the second to last trip of his two tours. The burst also wounded the American RCAF pilot seriously. Without telling the crew, he pressed on to the target. It is considered remarkable that he was physically and mentally able to continue. The Lancaster was riddled. // “After the trip was all over, I counted 100 holes in the kite,” said Navigator Wattie, “and there were still plenty left”. The rear turret was thoroughly perforated, the port rudder damaged, the trimmings wrecked and a tire hit. When the bombing was done, the pilot told Bomb-Aimer MacGillivray to come to the cockpit. He instructed him and the flight engineer, Sergeant Paddy Rose, RAF, Cork, Eire, to give him a shot of morphia to enable him to carry on, and another shot when they reached an aerodrome to help him accomplish the landing. // However, seeing his condition, other crew members carried their skipper to the rest position amidship, while MacGillivray took over the controls. Though the pilot never lost consciousness, speech began to fail him. While he could still talk, he gave Flight Engineer Rose life-saving directions. MacGillivray was unfamiliar with the job and he had a wreck to work with Wattie commented. “The unserviceable trimmings hindered him particularly. He showed wonderful airmanship.” // As Wattie told how they found a British aerodrome, MacGillivray put in a word for the navigator’s calm guidance throughout the flight. Unfortunately, other aircraft returning from an operation were thronging over the airfield, waiting to land. MacGillivray had to run in and overshoot the runway twice before he could touch down. // As the Lancaster rolled in, wheels down, the damaged tire burst. Navigator Wattie and the mid-upper gunner crouched in the “crash position”, but so skillfully did MacGillivray control the aircraft that they were not even bruised. Then the bomb-aimer brought the plane to a halt quickly, and the crew carried the pilot out before the racing ambulance and crash-wagon arrived. // The whole crew has now been screened from further operational flying, with the exception of Rose who has not yet logged the requisite number of sorties. The others are all two-tour veterans. The pilot is recovering in hospital and has regained his speech. // The 26-year-old MacGillivray farmed before the war, while Wattie taught school. The latter hopes to remain in the permanent force after the war.

McGILLIVRAY, P/O John Joseph (J85472) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.428 Squadron - Award effective 4 November 1944 as per London Gazette dated 17 November 1944 and AFRO 239/45 dated 9 February 1945. Born in Sandon, British Columbia, 24 May 1916. Home in Kaslo, British Columbia (farm labourer); enlisted in Calgary, 16 October 1941. To No.3 Manning Depot, 17 November 1941. To No.15 SFTS (guard), 31 January 1942. To No.7 ITS, 28 March 1942; graduated and promoted LAC, 22 May 1942; to No.6 EFTS, 4 July 1942; ceased training on 27 July 1942 and posted to Trenton; to No.8 BGS, 29 August 1942; may have graduated 30 October 1942 but not posted to No.1 AOS until 7 November 1942; graduated and promoted Sergeant, 18 December 1942. To ?Y? Depot, 2 January 1943. To RAF overseas, 25 January 1943. Promoted Flight Sergeant, 18 June 1943. Commissioned 26 March 1944. Promoted Flying Officer, 26 September 1944. Repatriated 14 May 1945. Retired 5 July 1945. No citation other than "completed ...numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which [he has] invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." DHist file 181.009 D.3260 (RG.24 Vol.20637) has recommendation dated 4 August 1944 when he had flown 31 sorties (205 hours 35 minutes), 27 September 1943 to 20 July 1944. As bomb aimer, Pilot Officer McGillivray has completed one tour of operations, having attacked Hanover, Kassel, Berlin, Stuttgart and other major targets in Germany and France. The outstanding success enjoyed by he and his crew was in no small way due to the constantly high standard of work of this officer. His accuracy in bombing was always very high and he gave invaluable aid to the navigator at all times. The sortie list was as follows: 27 September 1943 - Hanover (6.25) 3 October 1943 - Kassel (6.10) 8 October 1943 - Hanover (5.35) 18 November 1943 - Mannheim (7.05) 22 November 1943 - Berlin (8.10) 25 November 1943 - Frankfurt (8.15) 26 November 1943 - Stuttgart (9.05) 3 December 1943 - Leipzig (8.45) 29 December 1943 - Berlin (7.40) 4 January 1944 - Gardening (5.30) 20 January 1944 - Berlin (7.55) 26 January 1944 - Gardening (5.30) 2 February 1944 - Gardening (6.30) 5 February 1944 - Gardening (7.25) 11 February 1944 - Gardening (5.25) 19 February 1944 - Leipzig (8.20) 24 February 1944 - Gardening (6.40) 25 February 1944 - Gardening (7.30) 11 March 1944 - Gardening (7.55) 18 March 1944 - Gardening (5.15) 22 March 1944 - Gardening (6.50) 25 March 1944 - Aulnoye (6.20) 29 March 1944 - Paris (6.25) 9 April 1944 - Lille (5.40) 12 April 1944 - Gardening (5.25) 24 May 1944 - Trouville (4.45) 14 June 1944 - St.Pol (4.30) 4 July 1944 - Villeneuve (6.35) 12 July 1944 - Acquet (4.15) 17 July 1944 - Caen (4.20, day) 18 July 1944 - Wesseling (5.25) 20 July 1944 - L?Hey (3.55, day)

CRAIG EDWARD P/O(BA) J85248//R146838. From Toronto, Ontario. Killed in Action Nov 19/43 age 23. #431 Iroquois Squadron (The Hatiten Ronteriios). Target - Ludwigshafen, Germany. Please see Carefoot G.O. for casualty list and flight detail. Pilot Officer Bomb Aimer McGillivray is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England.

EARL LEWIS SGT R61819 - aero engine mechanic. From Central Butte, Saskatchewan. Killed Nov 29/42 age 21. #405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus). Halifax aircraft crashed. Please see Stanley M.J. for casualty list and flight detail. Sergeant McGillivray is buried in the Dishforth Cemetery, Yorkshire, England.