What is Murray Peden?
{{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = | name = David Murray Peden | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = David Murray Peden.jpg | caption = Pilot Officer Peden on 23 October 1942 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|10|19}} | death_date = | birth_place = [[Winnipeg|Winnipeg, Manitoba]], Canada | death_place = {{Death date and age|2022|1|6|1923|10|19}} | placeofburial = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | birth_name = David Murray Peden | allegiance = [[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg|25px]] [[Canada]] | branch = [[File:Air Force Ensign of Canada (1941-1968).svg|25px]] [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] | serviceyears = 1941–1945 | rank = [[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] | servicenumber = J20216 | unit = [[No. 214 Squadron RAF]]<br/>[[No. 161 Squadron RAF]] | commands = | battles = [[World War II]] | battles_label = | awards = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC - 1944]]<br>[[Mentioned in dispatches|MiD - 1946]]<br>[[Legion of Honour|Legion of Honour - 2017]] | relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} [[Flight lieutenant|Flight Lieutenant]] '''David Murray Peden''', {{postnominals|QC|DFC|country=CAN|size=85%|sep=,}} (October 19, 1923 – January 6, 2022) was a Canadian Air Force pilot, lawyer, and writer. From 1941 to 1945 Peden was in the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] as a bomber pilot. He was best known for his 1979 memoir ''[[A Thousand Shall Fall]]''. Peden died on January 6, 2022, at the age of 98.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Murray Peden |url=https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-304213/Peden_David |access-date=9 January 2022 |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press |date=8 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peden, Murray}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Writers