Gardner, Murray Macdonald

Killed in Action 1945-03-13

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Son of Morris Woodruff Gardner and Ellen Elizabeth Gardner, of Medicine Hat. Alberta, Canada.

Home: Medicine Hat, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

215 (T) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Surgite Nox Adest Arise night is at hand

Base

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Flight Lieutenant

Service Numbers

C/21515
Prev: R/77918

Home
Google MapMedicine Hat, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapMaynamati War Cemetery, Comilla, Pakistan
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.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Argus (Fairchild 24) FZ786

Flight Lieutenant Gardner, Murray Macdonald (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-March-13
Maynamati War Cemetry, Sylhet Highway, Cumilla, Bangladesh

Flying Officer Gilbert, Edward Franklin (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1945-March-13
Maynamati War Cemetry, Sylhet Highway, Cumilla, Bangladesh

Male Head

Flying Officer Williams, John (RAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1945-March-13
Maynamati War Cemetry, Sylhet Highway, Cumilla, Bangladesh

Fairchild Argus 24R 24H

(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.
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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

Wikipedia Fairchild Model 24 Argus