Irving, Gordon Budd

Killed in Action 1918-08-11

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Toronto, Ontario

William Henry Irving & Mary Maude Smith

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1915-05-01

Decorations: DFC, MiD

Service

RAF

Unit

19 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Captain

Position

Captain

Service Numbers

Home

Toronto, Ontario

First Burial

Arras Flying Services Memorial, Arras, Pas De Calais, France

Irving received his flight training at CTS Camp Borden and joined the RFC in 1917. He was posted to 19 Sqn in November of that year. Flying a Sopwith Dolphin he scored 12 confirmed victories before being shot down in flames after aerial combat with German aircraft of Jastas 10 & 37, in the vicinity of Albert, France on 1918-08-11. His body was not recovered.

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Dolphin E4432

Captain Irving, Gordon Budd (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1918-August-11
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Boulevard du General de Gaulle, Arras, France

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications

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The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada.Wikipedia

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