A D M GUNN, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Great Escape

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  1. CL1

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    Casualty
    Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) GUNN, ALASTAIR DONALD MACKINTOSH
    Service Number 60340
    Died 06/04/1944
    Aged 24
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Twice Mentioned in Despatches
    Son of James Turner Gunn, F.R.C.S., M.B., Ch.B., and Adelaide Lucy Frances Gunn, of Auchterarder, Perthshire.
    INSCRIPTION: MAY HE REST IN THY PEACE AND AWAKE TO A JOYFUL RESURRECTION
    Buried at POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
    Location: Poland
    Number of casualties: 448
    Cemetery/memorial reference: 8. D. 7.

    See cemetery plan
     
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  2. travers1940

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  3. Uncle Target

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    Sorry, I maybe coming from an obtuse angle but was this Officer related to Major Ridley Gunn RA by any chance.
     
  4. travers1940

    travers1940 Well-Known Member

    Hi

    Can you confirm that the Ridley Gunn you are asking about is John Ridley Gunn RA (1914 -1996) who was serving in Italy in Jan 1944, and who was the brother of Second Lt. George Ward Gunn VC MC.

    Travers
     

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