Andrew McPherson (RAF officer)

Flying Officer Andrew McPherson, DFC (1918 – 12 May 1940) was a pilot with RAF Bomber Command in during the Second World War.

[1] His father had served as a captain in the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War and was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Order.

[2] McPherson's sister, Janet Elizabeth Macgregor, pioneered cervical cancer screening trials in the United Kingdom.

His mission on 3 September 1939 was to look for potential targets in North Germany and the German fleet on the Schillig Roads near the port of Wilhelmshaven from an altitude of 24,000 feet.

[2][3] McPherson was killed on 12 May 1940 when his Blenheim was shot down by German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters near Lanaken, Belgium, while on a mission to bomb armoured columns.