Gilmour, Gordon Dudley

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-10-14

Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Son of Dudley F. and Muriel C. Gilmour, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

4 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/5316

Home
Google MapWinnipeg, Manitoba
First Burial
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey, Uk
4 Operational Training Unit. Saro Lerwick I aircraft L 7368 had the port engine on fire when it crashed in the sea six miles off Tarbatness, Lerwick, Scotland.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Lerwick L7268

Pilot Officer Gilmour, Gordon Dudley (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Flying Accident
1941-October-14
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Saunders-Roe Lerwick

Saunders-Roe A.36 Lerwick (Source Wikipedia)
Lerwick L7265, "˜WQ-Q' of 209 Squadron. Taking off from Loch Ryan, March 1941
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The Saro Lerwick was a British flying boat intended to be flown along with the Short Sunderland in RAF Coastal Command. Only a small number were built. They had a poor service record and a high accident rate; of 21 aircraft, 10 were lost to accidents and one for an unknown reason. Lerwicks were flown by RCAF aircrews overseas during the Second World War.

From Jul to Nov 1942, Lerwicks were flown for operational training by No. 422 Squadron, and No. 423 Squadron, RCAF at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. The aircraft they flew included Serial Nos. L7250, coded U, L7256, coded V, L7258, coded R, L7259, coded Q, L7260, coded P, L7264, coded N, L7266, codd Y, and L7267, coded B. By the end of 1942 the Lerwick had been declared obsolete, and by early 1943 the survivors had been scrapped.Harold Skaarup web page

Wikipedia Wikipedia Lerwick Flying Boat

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page