Gordon, Ian Patrick McHaffie
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ian Patrick McHaffie |
Surname | Gordon |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-09-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Roger Samuel McHaffie Gordon, and of Anne Strother McHaffie Gordon, of Nairnside, Inverness-Shire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | R1798 |
Markings | KO-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Smallingerland (Drachtstercompagnie) Protestant Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 1. |
Epitaph | THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 171 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1052297 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Casualty Pack Number Find Out More
AIR 81/8919 (P362103/41) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/888/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 07-09-1941 |
End Date | 08-09-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Berlin |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Drachten, Holland |