King, Gordon Lawrence

Killed in Action 1944-05-11

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Son of Stanley Herman King and Mabel Essa King; husband of Aileen Lucille King, of Milton West, Ontario.

Home: Edmonton, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

13 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Adjuvamus Tuendo We assist by watching

Base

RAF Regina, Italy

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/13949

Home
Google MapEdmonton, Alberta
First Burial
Google MapSangro River War Cemetery, Chieti, Italy
13 Squadron (Adjuvamus Tuendo). Baltimore aircraft FW 335 hit the sea just off shore and came to rest on a beach two miles north-west of Termoli, Way. Pilot Officer D.H. Bond and Flying Officer F.C. Bowring were also killed.addendum 2: See page 388. WO. King was born in Drake, Saskatchewan and receivedhis schooling in Edmonton. He had received some of his training at No. 4 Air Observer School,London, Ontario - Course No. 45. P/O. D.H. Bond was injured and died of his injuries on May 15, 1944. Detail provided by E. Anderson, Saskatchewan.

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Pilot Officer Bond, Deryck Hunter (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-May-11
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Ortona, Chieti, Italy

Flying Officer Bowring, Frances Charles (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-May-11
Sangro River War Cemetery, Chieti, Italy

Flying Officer King, Gordon Lawrence (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-May-11
Sangro River War Cemetery, Chieti, Italy

Martin Baltimore

A Royal Air Force Martin Baltimore IV/V bomber. Most aircraft were delivered to Commonwealth countries, a few were kept in the U.S. under the USAAF designation A-30.
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The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.

Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia

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