Gilbert, Edward Franklin

Killed in Action 1945-03-13

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Son of Verner Montfort Gilbert and Ella Moffatt Gilbert, of Windsor Mills, Province of Quebec, Canada.

Home: Windsor Mills, Quebec

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

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

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/25446
Prev: R/60079

215 Squadron (Surgite Nox Adest). Aircraft crashed.

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.

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