For the rugby union player, see Sandy Gunn (rugby union).
Alastair Donald Mackintosh Gunn
Birth name
Alastair Donald Mackintosh Gunn
Nickname(s)
Sandy
Born
(1919-09-27)27 September 1919 Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
Died
6 April 1944(1944-04-06) (aged 24) between Görlitz and Breslau
Buried
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1940–1944
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Service number
60340
Unit
No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF
Battles/wars
World War II
Channel Front (POW)
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches Twice
Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy" Gunn (27 September 1919 – 6 April 1944), was a Scottish Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. Gunn took part in the "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, and was one of the men re-captured and subsequently executed by the Gestapo.
Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy" Gunn (27 September 1919 – 6 April 1944), was a Scottish Supermarine Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot who was taken...
sandy-gunn-would-have-been-100) Alastair 'Sandy' Gunn would have been 100 'Great Escape' War Hero FP remembered." "Old boy Alastair ‘Sandy’ Gunn’s name...
Graham (born 1943), singer with The New Seekers, was born in Auchterarder SandyGunn (1919–1944), Spitfire photo reconnaissance pilot shot down and taken prisoner...
flights originated at Wick. On 5 March 1942, RAF reconnaissance pilot SandyGunn (a native of Auchterarder, Perthshire), was shot down in his Spitfire...
Escape". Milford escaped from the exposed tunnel mouth into the woods with SandyGunn and John F Williams, although on the afternoon of 27 March 1944 after...
District: J. R. Philip (Panmure), J. Law (Panmure) From Edinburgh District: SandyGunn (Royal HSFP), John Hume (Royal HSFP) Occasionally the Combined Scottish...
officer SandyGunn, RAF photo reconnaissance Spitfire pilot, executed after the Great Escape John Hall CMG DSO, British Army brigadier-general. Sandy Hodge...
(1966) "The Drums Go On" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" — Imperial 66246 (1966) "Peter Gunn" / "You Got The Hummin'" - Imperial 66253 (1966) "Rebirth Of The Beat" /...
Sandy Kenyon (born Sanford Klein; August 5, 1922 – February 20, 2010) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared as a guest actor on numerous...
and restoration began in March 2019. AA810's last pilot was Alastair SandyGunn who parachuted to safety and was captured. He was later one of the 76...
recaptured on 28 March 1944. He was in the party with Ian Cross, Jack Grisman, SandyGunn and Tom Leigh held at Görlitz Civil Prison, where on the morning of 31...
Gunns Limited was a major forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. It had operations in forest management, woodchipping, sawmilling and veneer...
Germans in uniform call out the names of Denys Street, Neville McGarr, SandyGunn, Jack Grisman, Harold Milford and John F Williams. No firm evidence was...
franchise of films and television series, DC Universe (DCU), is planned by James Gunn and Peter Safran, who were appointed DC Studios' co-chairmen and co-CEOs...
six names being called out, Denys Street, Neville McGarr, Jack Grisman, SandyGunn, Harold Milford and John F Williams were taken away. He was one of the...
Losigkeit claimed one aerial victory, a Spitfire flown by Flight Lieutenant SandyGunn shot down by Leutnant Dieter Gerhard on 5 March. In March 1942, IV. Gruppe...
Senator of Illinois from 1967 till 1985, in Pensacola, Florida (d. 2011); SandyGunn, Scottish air force officer, member of the No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance...
Australia. 26 December 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011. Gunn, Tim (2012). Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible. ISBN 978-1-4516-4387-9. Look up pedal pushers...
and ex-Kirk moderator Sandy McDonald dies". BBC News. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016. "Obituaries: The Very Rev Dr Sandy McDonald". The Herald...
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United Kingdom
Royal Air Force