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Lindsay Gordon

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{{Infobox military person

|name= Lindsay Gordon

|birth_date=11 December 1892

|death_date={{Death date and age|1940|03|03|1892|12|11|df=y}}

|birth_place=Montreal, Quebec

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|image= Wing Commander James Lindsay Gordon DFC RCAF.jpg

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|allegiance={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|serviceyears= – 1924

|rank= Air Vice-Marshal

|branch= {{flagicon|Canada|air force-1924}} Royal Canadian Air Force

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|battles= World War I

|awards= Distinguished Flying Cross

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Air Vice-Marshal James Lindsay Gordon DFC (11 December 1892 – 3 March 1940) was a leading figure in the pre-World War II Royal Canadian Air Force and a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I.

Career

James Lindsay Gordon was born on 11 December 1892 in Montreal, Quebec[http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/80001556 Veterans] the son of Edward Percy Gordon and his wife Helen Lindsay. The young Gordon was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/GordonJL.htm |title=Lindsay Gordon |access-date=5 December 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001332/http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/GordonJL.htm |url-status=dead }}

In 1918, while a member of the Royal Air Force, Gordon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His citation was as follows:{{London Gazette |issue=30913 |date=20 September 1918 |page=11251 |supp=7 }}

{{quote|A pilot of great experience, initiative and skill. Has led formations over the seas and attacked with success enemy aircraft in their own area. Capt. Gordon has been instrumental in saving life in disabled seaplanes on several occasions, and whenever any arduous duty has to be done, he is always to the fore to carry it out.}}

From 1922 to 1924 Gordon was the first Director of the Royal Canadian Air Force.{{cite book |title=The Canadian Almanac and Miscellaneous Directory |year=1924 |publisher=Copp Clark Company |location=Toronto |page=318 }} Promoted to air vice-marshal in 1938, Gordon continued to serve until poor health forced him to retire in January 1940. Gordon died only a few weeks later in March of that year.

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External links

  • [http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/GordonJL.htm Hall of Valour - Temple Du Courage - James Lindsay Gordon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001332/http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/GordonJL.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}
  • [http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-ii/111585/air-vice-marshal-james-lindsay-gordon/ Canada at War - Air Vice Marshal James Lindsay Gordon]

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{{Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force}}

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Category:1892 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:Military personnel from Montreal

Category:Royal Canadian Air Force air marshals of World War II

Category:Royal Air Force officers

Category:Royal Naval Air Service personnel of World War I

Category:Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

Category:Royal Naval Air Service aviators

Category:McGill University alumni