Frederick Stanley Gordon

Name:

Frederick Stanley "Freddie" Gordon

Country:

New Zealand

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Unit:

Victories:

Born:

29 October 1897

Place of Birth:

Auckland, New Zealand

Died:

27 June 1985

Place of Death:

Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand

A farmer from Hillsborough, Frederick Stanley Gordon was the only son of Dr. Gordon. He received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 5505 on a Curtiss Flying Boat at New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama on 17 October 1917. Flying the S.E.5a on the Western front with 74 Squadron, he scored nine victories. Post-war, he was appointed to the New Zealand Air Force, with the rank of First Lieutenant, in 1923. His sister married Keith Caldwell.

Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	02 Aug 1918	0930	74	S.E.5a (D3438)	LVG C (CAP) ¹	Dickebusch
2	16 Aug 1918	0830	74	S.E.5a (D3438)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Messines
3	16 Aug 1918	0830	74	S.E.5a (D3438)	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	Messines
4	16 Aug 1918	1250	74	S.E.5a (D3438)	Rumpler C (DES)	E of Kemmel Hill
5	22 Aug 1918	0550	74	S.E.5a (D3438)	LVG C (OOC)	Estaires
6	04 Sep 1918	0805	74	S.E.5a (E1978)	Balloon (DES)	S of Roulers
7	28 Oct 1918	1445	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	NW of Wortegem
8	28 Oct 1918	1450	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	Wortegem
9	30 Oct 1918	0830	74	S.E.5a	Balloon (DES)	Quaremont

1	Shared with George Gauld