In Memory Of
GUNN, PHILIP MAURICE
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1918-04-09
Service No:
421488
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
194 Squadron RAF
Regiment:
Royal Australian Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-05-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Dakota KN 202, took off from base at 1455 hours on 3 May 1945 after being briefed to land supplies at Payagi, Burma. The aircraft and crew were last seen by the Duty Ops Officer at the time the aircraft took off. Since then nothing further heard from the aircraft. At 1146 hours the aircraft was reported overdue to the HQ 341 Wing, and an air-seajungle search organised. All aircraft returned to base with nil results. A 1953 report by the Far East Graves service stated "local villagers stated that a two engine British aircraft was forced to land a few miles from Payagi in the forest area in May 1945 which was still occupied by the enemy. None of the crew were brought in or buried or taken prisoner. The villagers had no knowledge of graves near the wrecked aircraft or elsewhere. The fate of the crew could not be ascertained and the graves were unlocated after a search."
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 457.
Cemetery:
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Country:
Singapore
Additional Information
Son of Alexander Barnett Gunn and Maude Alice Gunn; husband of Wilma Kathleen Gunn, of Hoosier, Saskatchewan, Canada. Born Cape Town, South Africa
