*The members of his family did not--and do not--consider him to be a 'Veteran' because, sadly, he lost his life while serving during the Second World War.*
408 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden MkI (#AE426) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Balderton on its way to participate in an air operation over the shipyards at Kiel in Germany; it was carrying incendiaries for that purpose. Before reaching the target area the Hampden was attacked and shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing 18 miles south of Kiel, in Newmunster, Germany, taking the lives of the crew. A German furniture factory was destroyed in the crash
The four airmen who perished in the attack and crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant William Yarr ALDERDICE,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence GORDON,
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas HINDLE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant James Arthur Easterbrooks ROMAS.
Military Service:--
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/83552
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 RCAF Squadron; RAF Balderton, Nottingham
(Motto: For Freedom)
A family friend, Richard ('Dick') Gordon was a son of the Reverend Simeon Moore Gordon and Jessie W. (Winchester) Gordon. One of his brothers, RCAF Pilot Leading Aircraftman Bruce Moore GORDON, was killed in a flying accident in 1944 and was laid to rest in the Hagersville Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.
From the book, "They Shall Grow Not Old--A Book Of Remembrance", by Les Allison & Harry Hayward----Published by-Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
P.O. Box 1481----Brandon, Manitoba----R7A 6N3
--'Dedicated to all those Canadian airmen and airwomen who served their country, during the Second World War, that we may be free.'
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
His name is commemorated at the International Bomber Command Centre [Phase 1; Panel Number 4] in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
*The members of his family did not--and do not--consider him to be a 'Veteran' because, sadly, he lost his life while serving during the Second World War.*
408 Squadron's Handley Page Hampden MkI (#AE426) aircraft, with an aircrew of four, took off from RAF Balderton on its way to participate in an air operation over the shipyards at Kiel in Germany; it was carrying incendiaries for that purpose. Before reaching the target area the Hampden was attacked and shot down by a German night-fighter, crashing 18 miles south of Kiel, in Newmunster, Germany, taking the lives of the crew. A German furniture factory was destroyed in the crash
The four airmen who perished in the attack and crash were-
RAFVR Sergeant William Yarr ALDERDICE,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence GORDON,
RAFVR Sergeant Thomas HINDLE and
RCAF Flight Sergeant James Arthur Easterbrooks ROMAS.
Military Service:--
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: R/83552
Age: 20
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 RCAF Squadron; RAF Balderton, Nottingham
(Motto: For Freedom)
A family friend, Richard ('Dick') Gordon was a son of the Reverend Simeon Moore Gordon and Jessie W. (Winchester) Gordon. One of his brothers, RCAF Pilot Leading Aircraftman Bruce Moore GORDON, was killed in a flying accident in 1944 and was laid to rest in the Hagersville Cemetery in Ontario, Canada.
From the book, "They Shall Grow Not Old--A Book Of Remembrance", by Les Allison & Harry Hayward----Published by-Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
P.O. Box 1481----Brandon, Manitoba----R7A 6N3
--'Dedicated to all those Canadian airmen and airwomen who served their country, during the Second World War, that we may be free.'
Flight Sergeant Richard Lawrence Gordon is commemorated on Page 77 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
His name is commemorated at the International Bomber Command Centre [Phase 1; Panel Number 4] in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
"HE THAT LOSETH
HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE
SHALL FIND IT"
ST.MATTHEW X.39
