Robert Gordon (RAF officer)
Royal Air Force Air Commodore (1882-1954) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Air Commodore Robert Gordon, CB, CMG, DSO (22 January 1882 – 25 September 1954) was an early British military aviator. As a Royal Marines officer he held various posts in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. From 1918 onwards, he was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He notably commanded the RAF's Z Force in British Somaliland in 1920 as part of the Somaliland campaign.
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Born | (1882-02-22)22 February 1882 Rangoon, Burma, British India |
Died | 25 September 1954(1954-09-25) (aged 72) Newton Abbot, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Marines (1900–18) Royal Air Force (1918–25) |
Years of service | 1900–25 |
Rank | Air Commodore |
Commands held | No. 3 Group (1925) No. 1 Group (1924) RAF Trans-Jordania (1922–23) No. 15 Group (1918–19) RNAS Mudros (1918) No. 2 Wing RNAS (1917–18) Naval Flying School, Eastchurch (1914–15) |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
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