In Memory Of
CARTER, GARY RONALD
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
6479
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
7 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Rhodesian Air Force
Date of Death:
1979-09-26
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Alouette III # R5705, struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated
Cemetery:
BULAWAYO (WEST PARK) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
Bulawayo
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.