Duncan McGregor was born on 6th September 1924 to Duncan and Gladys McGregor of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada but the family moved to Calgary when he was a young age. He had a brother and two sisters (his brother Robert served in the RCAMC). He enlisted into the RCAF in September 1942 and after training as a bomb aimer he received his commission in January 1944 before posting overseas in May 1944.

F/O McGregor was twenty years old and was buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery, Yorkshire on 20th January 1945.

I have also been fortunate to have been contacted by a number of members of the McGregor family and a visit to the UK in 2009 they were able to visit the crash site and the memorial. I would like to thank the family for contacting me and for kindly supplying the photograph of F/O McGregor to this account.

This is the offical telegram that Duncan McGregor's mother received informing her of her son's death in England. I have kindly been sent this copy by his relations and show it here to show an example of how mother's received initial notification of a loss in their family. There was no room on the telegram for any other information and, as it states, a letter always followed with some explanation of why their son had met his death.