Frederick Stanley Gordon

Frederick Stanley Gordon
Nickname(s)	"Freddie"
Born	(1897-10-29)29 October 1897
Died	27 July 1985(1985-07-27) (aged 87)
Allegiance	New Zealand
Service/branch	Aviation
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	No. 74 Squadron RAF
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross, Belgian Croix de guerre

Lieutenant Frederick Stanley Gordon was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand. While serving in Britain's Royal Air Force, he scored nine aerial victories as a fighter pilot.

Early life

Frederick Stanley Gordon was born in New Zealand on 29 October 1897.^[1]

World War I

Gordon served in the Royal Air Force. By mid-1918, he was assigned to 74 Squadron as a fighter pilot. He began a nine victory winning streak on 2 August 1918 that was capped with his second ballon busting mission on 30 October 1918. He would be granted no military honors during the war.^[2]

List of aerial victories

No.	Date/time	Aircraft	Foe	Result	Location	Notes
1	2 August 1918 @ 0930 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a serial number D3438	LVG reconnaissance plane	Captured	Dickebusch	Victory shared with George Gauld
2	16 August 1918 @ 0830 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n D3438	Fokker D.VII	Destroyed	Messines
3	16 August 1918 @ 0830 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n D3438	Fokker D.VII	Driven down out of control	Messines
4	16 August 1918 @ 1250 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n D3438	Rumpler reconnaissance plane	Destroyed	East of Kemmel Hill
5	22 August 1918 @ 0550 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n D3438	LVG reconnaissance plane	Driven down out of control	Estaires
6	4 September 1918 @ 0805 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n E1978	Observation balloon	Destroyed	South of Roulers
7	28 October 1918 @ 1445 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	Fokker D.VII	Destroyed	Northwest of Wortegem
8	28 October 1918 @ 1450 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	Fokker D.VII	Driven down out of control	Wortegem
9	30 October 1918 @ 0830 hours	Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a	Observation balloon	Destroyed	Quaremont	^[2]

Post World War I

On 3 June 1919 Gordon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.^[3] On 15 July 1919 he was awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre.^[4]

Nothing more is known of him than the fact he died on 27 June 1985.^[2]

References

↑ "Frederick Stanley Gordon". Theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
1 2 3 "Frederick Stanley Gordon". Theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
↑ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 JUNE, 1919". London-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
↑ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 JULY, 1919". London-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

Aviation in World War I

People and aircraft	Commanders Aces Aircraft of the Entente Powers Aircraft of the Central Powers Zeppelins

Campaigns and battles	Strategic bombing German Cuxhaven Bombing of cities Aerial reconnaissance Fokker Scourge Flight over Vienna Bloody April Battles

Entente Powers air services	British air services Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Australian Flying Corps Canadian Air Force (1918–20) French Air Service Imperial Russian Air Service Royal Italian Air Corps United States Army Air Service Greek air services Army Air Service Naval Air Service

Central Powers air services	Imperial German Air Service Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Ottoman Aviation Squadrons Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section

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