LEST WE FORGET 247 McPHERSON, Joseph Campbell WWII Joseph Campbell fromWawota, Saskatchewan, was a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was killed in action on June 3, 1942, at the age of 28, flying a Spitfire aircraft with #1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit out of Benson, England, and is buried in the old communal cemetery in Cherbourg, Manche, France. McPherson Lake in northern Saskatchewan is named in his memory. McRAE, Donald Campbell PEACETIME Donald was born in Wishart, Saskatchewan, in 1931. He joined the Air Force in October 1951 and was stationed in Saskatoon until his transfer to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1956. He was discharged in 1961. He passed away in 1988. McRAE, Christopher Fredrick “Bud” WWII Christopher, son of Christopher and Margaret McRae, was born in Parkman, Saskatchewan, on October 1, 1918. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 as ground crew and later transferred to air crew and trained as an air gunner at McDonald, Manitoba. He was killed in action over Germany on September 23, 1943. It was his 31st mission and had he completed it, he would have married and returned to Canada on his honeymoon. Bud is buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. McRae Island in the north-east corner of Wolliston Lake is named in his memory.
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