Gordon, Richard Lawrence
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Richard Lawrence |
Surname | Gordon |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 29-04-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Simeon Moore Gordon and Jessie Irene Gordon, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | AE426 |
Markings | EQ- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4A. G. 8. |
Epitaph | HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT" ST.MATTHEW X.39 |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 41 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/83552 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Squadron Motto | For freedom |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1796/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-04-1942 |
End Date | 29-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Balderton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Kiel |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in vicinity of Edward Muller's furniture factory in Hamburg, Germany. Cause not recorded. |