Hay, Gordon Douglas (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-May-28

Pilot Officer Gordon Douglas Hay RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-August-02

Born:

Parents: Son of John and Mary Ann Hay, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

45 Group (RAF)

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/13834

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapReykjavik (Fossvogur) Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
C46 3

Hudson serial: FK742

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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Unit Desciption

45 Group ()

No. 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Group, Royal Air Force Transport Command, headquarters at Dorval (Montreal, Canada): RAF Ferry Command reduced to group status on 25 March 1943 when Transport Command was created (Wikipedia, RAF Ferry Command; RAF Transport Command). Its main task was the ferrying of US and Canadian built aircraft across the Atlantic; it also ran transatlantic passenger and freight services. It became No. 45 Wing for a short time before disbanding in 1946.