Vance, Gordon Elgin (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-April-15

Flying Officer Gordon Elgin Vance RCAF

Birth Date: 1922

Born:

Son of Samuel and Beatrice Emily Vance, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

290 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/24133

Final Burial
Google MapEglantine Church of Ireland Cemetery
Sec E Grave 41
290 Squadron. Oxford aircraft BG 601 crashed in the sea two miles east of Copeland Island, Ireland whilst carrying out dummy torpedo attacks on convoy escort. One of the crew, not Canadian, was also killed. Flying Officer Vance had been seriously injured on August 8, 1943 when his Miles Magister aircraft dived into the ground near Gourdon, Kincardinshire.
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