Military Service
Service Number: J/85650
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Pilot Officer / Navigator.
Gordon enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in May 1941 and was trained as a navigator. Overseas he served on Lancaster bombers with 426 Squadron. On Mar 31, 1944, during a night raid against Nuremburg, his crew's aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over Furth, Germany and crashed at Ermreuth. Gordon's aircraft was one of 108 aircraft lost on this operation.
The other members of his crew were:
Flight Lieutenant W. C. Cracknell RCAF
Flying Officer L. E. Robinson RCAF
Flight Sergeant R. C. Haycock RCAF
Sergeant H. F. Orr RCAF
Warrant Officer M. C. Mossman RNZAF
Sergeant H. Wride RAF
Brother of Mrs. Alan Minter and Miss Betty Devoy, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Military Service
Service Number: J/85650
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 426 Sqdn.
Pilot Officer / Navigator.
Gordon enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in May 1941 and was trained as a navigator. Overseas he served on Lancaster bombers with 426 Squadron. On Mar 31, 1944, during a night raid against Nuremburg, his crew's aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter over Furth, Germany and crashed at Ermreuth. Gordon's aircraft was one of 108 aircraft lost on this operation.
The other members of his crew were:
Flight Lieutenant W. C. Cracknell RCAF
Flying Officer L. E. Robinson RCAF
Flight Sergeant R. C. Haycock RCAF
Sergeant H. F. Orr RCAF
Warrant Officer M. C. Mossman RNZAF
Sergeant H. Wride RAF
Brother of Mrs. Alan Minter and Miss Betty Devoy, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
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Records on Ancestry
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1921 Census of Canada
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Canada, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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