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Military service
Service number:
J/17287
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Squadron
Death:
December 10, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
British Plot, Grave 8
Additional information
Son of Herbert T. Weeden and Ida B. Weeden, of Paisley, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
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Photo of Gordon Weeden
Weeden, Gordon Herbert - Flying Officer, Born 3rd May, 1920, at Woodford, Ont. Educated at Paisley, Ont. Entered the service of the Bank 24th January, 1938. Served at Tamworth and Thorn-hill, Ont. Enlisted 28th May, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in June, 1942; Pilot Officer in May, 1943; Flying Officer in January, 1944. Trained at Toronto and London, Ont. Overseas in June, 1942. Attached R.A.F. Reported 13th December, 1943 missing after air operations over France. Officially presumed dead 13th May, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
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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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Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden 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 Weeden is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GORDON HERBERT WEEDEN
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Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
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Commemorated on:
Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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