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| Name: |
Frederick Stanley "Freddie" Gordon |
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| Country: |
New Zealand |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
74 |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
29 October 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died: |
27 June 1985 |
| Place of Death: |
Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand |
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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
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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 |
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| 1 |
Shared with George Gauld |
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