Medicine Hat, Alberta
215 Squadron (Surgite Nox Adest). Flight Lieutenant Gardner attempted a forced landing in aircraft FZ 786 along the Parksay railway line. The aircraft crashed into a bend, after the initial touch down, one and three quarters miles from Ishurdi, Burma. Flying Officer E.F. Gilbert and one passenger, not Canadian, were also killed.
Gardner, Murray Macdonald (Flight Lieutenant)
Killed in Action 1945-March-13
Birth Date: 1917
Born:
Parents: Son of Morris Woodruff Gardner and Ellen Elizabeth Gardner, of Medicine Hat. Alberta, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Medicine Hat, Alberta
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
215 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Surgite Nox Adest Arise night is at hand
Base
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
C/21515
Prev: R/77918
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Argus (Fairchild 24) FZ786
Argus (Fairchild 24) serial: FZ786
(RCAF Photo)
Fairchild F-24H Argus, RCAF (Serial No. 699). Flown out of Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Ontario from Nov 1940 until she was struck off strength in Dec 1942.
Fairchild F-24H Argus, RCAF (Serial No. 699). Flown out of Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Ontario from Nov 1940 until she was struck off strength in Dec 1942.
The Fairchild Model 24, also called the Fairchild Model 24 Argus/UC-61 Forwarder or Fairchild Model 24 Argus, is a four-seat, single-engine monoplane light transport aircraft designed by the Fairchild Aviation Corporation in the 1930s. It was adopted by the United States Army Air Corps as UC-61 and also by the Royal Air Force. The Model 24 was itself a development of previous Fairchild models and became a successful civil and military utility aircraft. Wikipedia
Fairchild Model 24 Argus