Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum logo

Gordon, Douglas Charles (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-June-15

Male Head

Birth Date: 1919 (age 23)

Home: Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Service
RAF
Unit
39 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
644693
39 Squadron (Die Noctuque). Marauder aircraft lost while engaged in operations.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Flight Sergeant Douglas Charles Gordon has no known grave.

Home
Google MapYorkton, Saskatchewan

Google MapAlamein War Memorial
Column 242

Maryland AH283

Martin Maryland

(RAF Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Martin 167 Maryland. Flown by RCAF aircrew serving with the RAF.

The Martin Model 167 Maryland was an American-designed light bomber that first flew in 1939. It saw action in World War II with France and the United Kingdom.

Many of the aircraft were shipped to Egypt and Malta in time for the 1941 fighting there. The RAF used the aircraft mainly for photo-reconnaissance operations in North and East Africa, it being faster than the Bristol Blenheim. A Maryland bomber photographed the Italian fleet before and after the Battle of Taranto on 11 November 1940. The pilot, Adrian Warburton, scored his five confirmed kills with the Maryland's forward-firing guns.

Three Maryland Mk.Is were transferred to the British Fleet Air Arm and were mainly used for target towing duties.. On 22 May 1941, a Maryland of 771 Naval Air Squadron based at Hatston in the Orkney Islands, reported that the German battleship Bismarck had left Bergen, confirming that she was breaking out into the Atlantic. Wikipedia

YouTube Maryland Bomber

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Maryland Bomber

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2021-10-20 13:36:21

Maryland Mk. II AH283



© Canadian Warplane Heritage 2024

To search on any page:
PC — Ctrl-F
Mac — ⌘-F
Mobile — or …