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Military service
Service number:
J/38401
Age:
20
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
49 Sqdn.
Birth:
August 18, 1924
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Enlistment:
November 2, 1942
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
April 9, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 279.
Additional information
Son of James Gordon McKay and Florence May McKay, of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.
Brother of Donald Gordon McKay who was killed in action on January 16, 1945 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
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Photo of Murray McKay
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Photo of MURRAY ROY MCKAY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MURRAY ROY MCKAY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Murray Roy McKay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 543 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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