Military Service
Service Number: J/17287
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 617 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Flying Officer / Pilot.
Gordon enlisted on May 28, 1941
He died when his aircraft, Lancaster ED 825, was shot down by Flak near Meharicourt, 7 miles northwest of Roye during a Soe Special Operations Arms Supply drop to underground forces in France. All seven of the crew were killed as the plane broke out in flames and crashed into the rising ground east of the ruelle Merlin.
The other crew members were:
Pilot Officer Ralph Neville Jones RAFVR
Warrant Officer Edward Walters RCAF
Warrant Officer Robert Cummings RCAF
Flight Sergeant Robert Howell RAF
Sergeant Brook Robinson RAF
Sergeant Arthur Richardson RAF
He is also remembered on a family marker at Paisley Cemetery in Paisley, Ontario.
Military Service
Service Number: J/17287
Age: 23
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 617 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Flying Officer / Pilot.
Gordon enlisted on May 28, 1941
He died when his aircraft, Lancaster ED 825, was shot down by Flak near Meharicourt, 7 miles northwest of Roye during a Soe Special Operations Arms Supply drop to underground forces in France. All seven of the crew were killed as the plane broke out in flames and crashed into the rising ground east of the ruelle Merlin.
The other crew members were:
Pilot Officer Ralph Neville Jones RAFVR
Warrant Officer Edward Walters RCAF
Warrant Officer Robert Cummings RCAF
Flight Sergeant Robert Howell RAF
Sergeant Brook Robinson RAF
Sergeant Arthur Richardson RAF
He is also remembered on a family marker at Paisley Cemetery in Paisley, Ontario.
Inscription
"... THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE"
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