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Son of W. A. and Mabel Grace Lawson, of Grand View, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
This photo was found in box of family photos of deceased uncle. "Best Wishes Gordon Lawson" written on back.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Gordon Lawson and Snake
Witten on back of photo
"Yours Truley - but don't get the 'wind up' it's alright. It's harmless although alive and kicking, the poison has been extracted. This is the local snake charmer's property we swiped for the occasion. Gordon"<P>
Believe this is Gordon Lawson holding the snake with some of his mates on leave perhaps in Protville.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Gordon Lawson and Mates<P>
Gordon - front row - extreme left - sitting
Perhaps on leave with some of his friends from 458 RAAF Squadron in Protville.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
21 March 1943 Canadian serving with an Australian (R.A.A.F.) torpedo bomber sqn in Malta. F/0 Gordon Lawson of Grandview, Man. who is captain of the bomber stands beside his aircraft which is all ready for another show, Lawson used to be a miner in Manitoba.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson
21 March 1943 Canadian crew with a R.A.A.F. torpedo bomber sqn in Malta. Five members of the crew discuss the impending operation. At the extreme left is F/O Burrows, a RAF observer who sometimes flies with them, The others in the picture are L to R: F/0 Gordon Lawson, Grandview, Manitoba; F/0 A. R. Pagan, Saskatoon, Sask; F/0 McCorkell, Wakefield, Quebec, and Sgt. N.C. Rowley from London, Ontario.
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This photo was found in box of family photos of deceased uncle. "Best Wishes Gordon Lawson" written on back.
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Gordon Lawson and Snake Witten on back of photo "Yours Truley - but don't get the 'wind up' it's alright. It's harmless although alive and kicking, the poison has been extracted. This is the local snake charmer's property we swiped for the occasion. Gordon"<P> Believe this is Gordon Lawson holding the snake with some of his mates on leave perhaps in Protville.
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Gordon Lawson and Mates<P> Gordon - front row - extreme left - sitting Perhaps on leave with some of his friends from 458 RAAF Squadron in Protville.
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Lawson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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21 March 1943 Canadian serving with an Australian (R.A.A.F.) torpedo bomber sqn in Malta. F/0 Gordon Lawson of Grandview, Man. who is captain of the bomber stands beside his aircraft which is all ready for another show, Lawson used to be a miner in Manitoba.
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21 March 1943 Canadian crew with a R.A.A.F. torpedo bomber sqn in Malta. Five members of the crew discuss the impending operation. At the extreme left is F/O Burrows, a RAF observer who sometimes flies with them, The others in the picture are L to R: F/0 Gordon Lawson, Grandview, Manitoba; F/0 A. R. Pagan, Saskatoon, Sask; F/0 McCorkell, Wakefield, Quebec, and Sgt. N.C. Rowley from London, Ontario.
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Page 180 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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