Gallagher, Michael Edmund (Warrant Officer 1st Class)
Killed in Action 1944-November-08
Birth Date: 1922-February-18
Born: Woodstock, New Brunswick
Parents: Son of Edmund James Gallagher and Mary Flora Gallagher, of St. Bruno, Chambly Co., Province of Quebec, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment: Montreal, Quebec
Enlistment Date: 1941-June-18
Service
RCAF
Unit
62 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Insperato Unexpectedly
Base
Agartala, Burma
Rank
Warrant Officer 1st Class
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/108289
Home
Montreal, Quebec
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Dakota FL554
Mission
Dakota III FL554
Transport 1944-November-08 to 1944-November-08
62 (T) Sqn (RAF) Agartala, Burma
Dakota Mk III FL-554 was dropping supplies to the British 14th Army when they were shot down by enemy aircraft at North Yazagyo, Burma (Myanmar).
Killed: Flying Officer Bruce Sherwood Corbett RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF KIA; Warrant Officer Class 1 Michael Edmund Gallagher RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant R.J.Cook KIA; Sergeant C.E.J Gray KIA.
Letter confirming "Killed"
Dakota FL554 III - Transport - 1944-11-08 to 1944-11-08
Squadron: 62 (T) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-11-08
Completion Date: 1944-11-08
Mission: Transport
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Agartala, Burma
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Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
Dakota Mk III FL-554 was dropping supplies to the British 14th Army when they were shot down by enemy aircraft at North Yazagyo, Burma (Myanmar).
Killed: Flying Officer Bruce Sherwood Corbett RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant John Michael Hugh Delaney RCAF KIA; Warrant Officer Class 1 Michael Edmund Gallagher RCAF KIA; Flight Sergeant R.J.Cook KIA; Sergeant C.E.J Gray KIA.
Letter confirming "Killed"
