S/N 42718
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Gordon Leslie MacIntyre was born at Arnprior in Ontario, Canada, in 1915, was educated there and served in the Canadian Militia before "he hopped a liner to Britain in 1939 and joined the RAF". He was appointed Acting Pilot Officer on Probation, RAF, on 18 September 1939.
He was confirmed as a Flying Officer on 20 April 1941 and as Flight Lieutenant on 20 April 1942. He became a bomber pilot with 221 Squadron flying in the Western Desert and later on anti-submarine patrols from bases in Northern Ireland and Iceland, where he attacked and sunk a U-Boat. He was awarded the DFC on 18 September 1942. He met his wife, Patricia Margaret Aimee Moore, from Coleraine near Londonderry, while she was a WREN working in London. They were married for only six months and she was pregnant when her husband was killed in a tragic accident on 29 April 1943.
He had been posted to 24 Squadron and in April 1943 the squadron was transferred to Ferry Command, the predecessor of Transport Command and flights began to Malta with passengers and mail. The pilot scheduled to take a party of senior officers to Gibraltar on 29 April was sick and MacIntyre volunteered to take over. The Hudson IIIA (FH307) aircraft left RAF Hendon for RAF Portreath where it would refuel before continuing to Gibraltar and onwards but weather coditions at Portreath were poor and it was decided that the aircraft should stage through RAF Chivenor instead. On the approach to land, the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and crashed 1m NNW of Chivenor.
Lockheed Hudson The names of those killed are given below:
His crew listed below are all buried at Mill Hill, side by side.
42718 F/L (Pilot) Gordon Leslie MACINTYRE DFC RAF Section C Grave 20
49734 F/O (Nav.) Frederick Ronald FORD RAF Section C Grave 23
508810 W/O (W.Op.) Percy Frederick LAVER RAF Section C Grave 21
1235898 AC1 Harold John Anthony NEWTON RAFVR Section C Grave 22
Rear Admiral Philip John MACK DSO
Major General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON MC, RCIC
Captain Sir Thomas Lubbock BEEVOR 6th Baronet
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Francis Geoffrey FINLAY RCASC
Lieutenant Colonel Guy Gervers Holmes WILSON RA
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Gordon Leslie MacIntyre was born at Arnprior in Ontario, Canada, in 1915, was educated there and served in the Canadian Militia before "he hopped a liner to Britain in 1939 and joined the RAF". He was appointed Acting Pilot Officer on Probation, RAF, on 18 September 1939.
He was confirmed as a Flying Officer on 20 April 1941 and as Flight Lieutenant on 20 April 1942. He became a bomber pilot with 221 Squadron flying in the Western Desert and later on anti-submarine patrols from bases in Northern Ireland and Iceland, where he attacked and sunk a U-Boat. He was awarded the DFC on 18 September 1942. He met his wife, Patricia Margaret Aimee Moore, from Coleraine near Londonderry, while she was a WREN working in London. They were married for only six months and she was pregnant when her husband was killed in a tragic accident on 29 April 1943.
He had been posted to 24 Squadron and in April 1943 the squadron was transferred to Ferry Command, the predecessor of Transport Command and flights began to Malta with passengers and mail. The pilot scheduled to take a party of senior officers to Gibraltar on 29 April was sick and MacIntyre volunteered to take over. The Hudson IIIA (FH307) aircraft left RAF Hendon for RAF Portreath where it would refuel before continuing to Gibraltar and onwards but weather coditions at Portreath were poor and it was decided that the aircraft should stage through RAF Chivenor instead. On the approach to land, the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and crashed 1m NNW of Chivenor.
Lockheed Hudson The names of those killed are given below:
His crew listed below are all buried at Mill Hill, side by side.
42718 F/L (Pilot) Gordon Leslie MACINTYRE DFC RAF Section C Grave 20
49734 F/O (Nav.) Frederick Ronald FORD RAF Section C Grave 23
508810 W/O (W.Op.) Percy Frederick LAVER RAF Section C Grave 21
1235898 AC1 Harold John Anthony NEWTON RAFVR Section C Grave 22
Rear Admiral Philip John MACK DSO
Major General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON MC, RCIC
Captain Sir Thomas Lubbock BEEVOR 6th Baronet
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Francis Geoffrey FINLAY RCASC
Lieutenant Colonel Guy Gervers Holmes WILSON RA
S/N 42718
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Gordon Leslie MacIntyre was born at Arnprior in Ontario, Canada, in 1915, was educated there and served in the Canadian Militia before "he hopped a liner to Britain in 1939 and joined the RAF". He was appointed Acting Pilot Officer on Probation, RAF, on 18 September 1939.
He was confirmed as a Flying Officer on 20 April 1941 and as Flight Lieutenant on 20 April 1942. He became a bomber pilot with 221 Squadron flying in the Western Desert and later on anti-submarine patrols from bases in Northern Ireland and Iceland, where he attacked and sunk a U-Boat. He was awarded the DFC on 18 September 1942. He met his wife, Patricia Margaret Aimee Moore, from Coleraine near Londonderry, while she was a WREN working in London. They were married for only six months and she was pregnant when her husband was killed in a tragic accident on 29 April 1943.
He had been posted to 24 Squadron and in April 1943 the squadron was transferred to Ferry Command, the predecessor of Transport Command and flights began to Malta with passengers and mail. The pilot scheduled to take a party of senior officers to Gibraltar on 29 April was sick and MacIntyre volunteered to take over. The Hudson IIIA (FH307) aircraft left RAF Hendon for RAF Portreath where it would refuel before continuing to Gibraltar and onwards but weather coditions at Portreath were poor and it was decided that the aircraft should stage through RAF Chivenor instead. On the approach to land, the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and crashed 1m NNW of Chivenor.
Lockheed Hudson The names of those killed are given below:
His crew listed below are all buried at Mill Hill, side by side.
42718 F/L (Pilot) Gordon Leslie MACINTYRE DFC RAF Section C Grave 20
49734 F/O (Nav.) Frederick Ronald FORD RAF Section C Grave 23
508810 W/O (W.Op.) Percy Frederick LAVER RAF Section C Grave 21
1235898 AC1 Harold John Anthony NEWTON RAFVR Section C Grave 22
Rear Admiral Philip John MACK DSO
Major General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON MC, RCIC
Captain Sir Thomas Lubbock BEEVOR 6th Baronet
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Francis Geoffrey FINLAY RCASC
Lieutenant Colonel Guy Gervers Holmes WILSON RA
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Gordon Leslie MacIntyre was born at Arnprior in Ontario, Canada, in 1915, was educated there and served in the Canadian Militia before "he hopped a liner to Britain in 1939 and joined the RAF". He was appointed Acting Pilot Officer on Probation, RAF, on 18 September 1939.
He was confirmed as a Flying Officer on 20 April 1941 and as Flight Lieutenant on 20 April 1942. He became a bomber pilot with 221 Squadron flying in the Western Desert and later on anti-submarine patrols from bases in Northern Ireland and Iceland, where he attacked and sunk a U-Boat. He was awarded the DFC on 18 September 1942. He met his wife, Patricia Margaret Aimee Moore, from Coleraine near Londonderry, while she was a WREN working in London. They were married for only six months and she was pregnant when her husband was killed in a tragic accident on 29 April 1943.
He had been posted to 24 Squadron and in April 1943 the squadron was transferred to Ferry Command, the predecessor of Transport Command and flights began to Malta with passengers and mail. The pilot scheduled to take a party of senior officers to Gibraltar on 29 April was sick and MacIntyre volunteered to take over. The Hudson IIIA (FH307) aircraft left RAF Hendon for RAF Portreath where it would refuel before continuing to Gibraltar and onwards but weather coditions at Portreath were poor and it was decided that the aircraft should stage through RAF Chivenor instead. On the approach to land, the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and crashed 1m NNW of Chivenor.
Lockheed Hudson The names of those killed are given below:
His crew listed below are all buried at Mill Hill, side by side.
42718 F/L (Pilot) Gordon Leslie MACINTYRE DFC RAF Section C Grave 20
49734 F/O (Nav.) Frederick Ronald FORD RAF Section C Grave 23
508810 W/O (W.Op.) Percy Frederick LAVER RAF Section C Grave 21
1235898 AC1 Harold John Anthony NEWTON RAFVR Section C Grave 22
Rear Admiral Philip John MACK DSO
Major General Harry Leonard Nowell SALMON MC, RCIC
Captain Sir Thomas Lubbock BEEVOR 6th Baronet
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Francis Geoffrey FINLAY RCASC
Lieutenant Colonel Guy Gervers Holmes WILSON RA
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