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Son of Van G. Gordon, and of Dorothy P. Gordon, of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Flying Officer Huntly Parker Gordon, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
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Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
News Clipping from Toronto Star December 19, 1942
F/Sgt (P) David William Gordon, age 21, was killed on a Beaufort aircraft with two RAF members when it crashed on the aerodrome at Takoradi, Ghana, Africa. At Takoradi various buildings had been commandeered and a large landing strip laid down. This was the secret route to get Fighter Aircraft to the Desert War in North Africa without which that war could not have been won. With the help of the Free French a series of landing strips had been built en route to Khartoum, spaced so that Fighter Aircraft could make the journey on their limited fuel. These planes were shipped from the UK in kit form and assembled at Takoradi to be flown in hops across Africa to the front line.
The Gordon family lost their son, F/O Huntly P. Gordon, who was killed when he was age 21 during a raid on Hamburg, Germany.
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Flight Serjeant David William Gordon
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News Clipping from Toronto Star December 19, 1942 F/Sgt (P) David William Gordon, age 21, was killed on a Beaufort aircraft with two RAF members when it crashed on the aerodrome at Takoradi, Ghana, Africa. At Takoradi various buildings had been commandeered and a large landing strip laid down. This was the secret route to get Fighter Aircraft to the Desert War in North Africa without which that war could not have been won. With the help of the Free French a series of landing strips had been built en route to Khartoum, spaced so that Fighter Aircraft could make the journey on their limited fuel. These planes were shipped from the UK in kit form and assembled at Takoradi to be flown in hops across Africa to the front line. The Gordon family lost their son, F/O Huntly P. Gordon, who was killed when he was age 21 during a raid on Hamburg, Germany.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star December 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY Ghana
Ghana 4 (West Africa)
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