Malcolm James "Mac" Gordon

PL-26648 - Mac Gordon

RCAF   F/L   -   DFC

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GORDON, F/L Malcolm James (J7908) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.421 Sq.
Award effective 29 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 10 April 1945 and
AFRO 802/45 dated 11 May 1945.

Now on his second tour of operational duty, Flight Lieutenant Gordon has participated in many successful engagements with the enemy. He has led sections and flights on fighter patrols, bomber escorts and other sorties from this country and was among the first pilots to operate from bases in Normandy. He has destroyed at least four enemy aircraft and damaged another as well as much enemy transport.

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Born 26 May 1922 at Daysland, Alberta.
Enlisted in Edmonton, 12 November 1940.
Trained at
No.3 ITS (graduated 28 May 1941),
No.10 EFTS (graduated 227 July 1941) and
No.6 SFTS (graduated 7 October 1941);
wings and commission on 7 October 1941.
Instructor at
No.2 SFTS, 26 December 1941 to 29 Jan.'43
Further trained at
No.1 OTU, Bagotville before
posting to UK (arrived 24 May 1943).
No.403 Squadron, 20 July 1943 to 10 July 1944,
leave in Canada and then to
No.421 Squadron (10 January to 29 June 1945).
Repatriated to Canada, August 1945,
released 4 June 1946.

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Victories Include :

23 June 1944

2 July 1944
22 January 1945
23 January 1945    

one FW.190
one FW.190
two Bf.109s
one FW.190
1/2 FW.190      		destroyed northeast of Caen and
damaged;
destroyed;
destroyed east of Rheine'
destroyed, Lippstadt

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Photos Include :

PL-26571 (standing by a door),
PL-26648 (by Spitfire) and
PL-26658 (by Spitfire).

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--- Canadian Aces ---

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On these pages I use info from the Air force Association of Canada's web site
in Hugh Halliday's excellent Honors & Awards section,
Newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
as well as other sources both published and private