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Murphy, Gordon Reginald (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-July-29

Birth Date: 1920-April-12 (age 24)

Born: Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Son of Reginald G Murphy and Selena (nee Moulton) Murphy, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Enlistment Date: 1941-05-09

Service
RCAF
Unit
514 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand
Base
RAF Waterbeach
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
J/36896

514 Squadron (Nil Obstare Potest) RAF Waterbeach. Lancaster BII aircraft DS 813 JI-H missing during night operations against Stuttgart, Germany. Cause of loss was not established but most likely by a night fighter pilot from 2/NJG5

Flying Officer GR Murphy (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant AF Fowke (RCAF), Flying Officer JT Daly (RCAF), Flying Officer RJ Bennett (RCAF), Sergeant HG Carter (RAF), Sergeant SA Picton (RAFVR), and Flight Lieutenant HCA Chapman (RAFVR) were all killed in action

General Search for France-Crashes 39-45

General Lancaster DS813 - Deinvillers on July 29, 1944 I Aerosteles

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission -gordon-reginald/, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Graves Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flying Officer Gordon Reginald Murphy was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapHalifax, Nova Scotia
Target
Google MapStuttgart Germany
First Burial
Google MapChurchyard at Deinvillers, Vosges, France, near crash site
Re-Burial
Google MapCholoy War Cemetery
Collective Grave 4 A 18-20

Lancaster DS813

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