2Lt Eric Simpson Morrison, No 27 Sqn, RAF

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2Lt E S Morrison, from Wishaw, Lanarkshire, was a pilot in No 27 Sqn, RAF. On 7 July 1918 he was flying DH 9 B9338, with Lt Paul Frederick Hobson Webb as observer, on a bombing mission from Ruisseauville aerodrome, when the aeroplane stalled, flat turned and spun into the ground from 80 feet. The machine caught fire and its bombs exploded, killing both airmen.

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