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The losses experienced by the MacRobert family in World War Two were enormous but at the same time typical of the devastation caused by the war.
Lady Rachel MacRobert brought up her three sons in Aberdeenshire. Her eldest boy died in a civil flying accident in 1938 and her surviving sons were killed in 1941 while serving as RAF pilots.
Determined their names would not be forgotten, she donated the equivalent of £1m today to name a plane in their honour.
The Short Stirling bomber was called MacRobert's Reply and the tradition continues to this day, with numerous aircraft having since carried variations on the name.
