Sydney, Nova Scotia
10 North Atlantic Squadron, Gander, Newfoundland. Flying Officer Gillis was killed when his Liberator aircraft 595 crashed due to a jammed rudder. Flying Officer Pilot Gillis has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Ottawa.War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario.
Gillis, Francis Duncan (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1945-July-06
Birth Date: 1917-February-25
Born:
Parents: Son of Duncan A. Gillis and Loretta Gillis, of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Spouse:
Home: Sydney, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Base
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/26797
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Accident Card - Consolidated Liberator Mk. III/V serial:595
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1945-July-06. Liberator B24D s/n 595.
This accident involved 7 people. Armstrong BL, Bates JA, Gillis FD, Lundy RB, Mcarthur JG, Mcnab DS, Southam AF
This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer Francis Duncan Gillis RCAF Killed in Action service no:J/26797 Liberator 595
Unit Desciption
10 (BR) Sqn ()
Battle honours
The Second World War
NORTH-WEST ATLANTIC, 1940-1945.
Lineage
Authorized as No.10 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron’ 1 April 1938.Footnote1
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber) Squadron' 28 August 1939.Footnote2
Redesignated 'No.10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron' 1 September 1939.Footnote3
Disbanded 13 August 1945.Footnote4
Notes:
No lineal connection with '10 Experimental Squadron', of 1967-70. See 10 Experimental Squadron.
Operational history
The Second World War
The squadron flew on anti-submarine operations on the Atlantic Coast under 'Eastern Air Command'.Footnote5
Footnotes
Footnote 1
GO 48/38. Authorized but not formed (AFGO 19/39)
Footnote 2
AFGO 41/39
Footnote 3
AFGO 57/39\
Footnote 4
Secret Organization Order 279, 4 August 1945, file S.17-10-1 (DOE), Kardex 181.009 (D5432)
Footnote 5
AFGO 25/40; Statement and Organization Charts for the Home and Overseas War and BCATP Organization, 15 April 1942, file S.8202, Kardex 181.002 (D421); Memorandum, Notes for CAS, Appendix A, 12 September 1939, Document Collection 77/543
Government of Canada