Colin Ross GORDON

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GORDON, Colin Ross

Service Number:	417069
Enlisted:	6 December 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 12 March 1920
Home Town:	Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peters College, St Marks College, South Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 31 August 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Sp. Mem. 3. F. 10., Rheinberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Germany
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Millicent War Memorial, North Adelaide St. Mark's College WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

6 Dec 1941:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417069
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417069
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Grace Neuhaus

Colin Ross Gordon grew up in Millicent, South Australia, attending St Peters College in Adelaide. In 1938 he enrolled at St Marks college to study a Bachelor of Law at the University of Adelaide.

Enlisting into the Royal Australian Airforce on the 6th of December 1941, he served as ab air bomber with the No. 100 Squadron (RAF) at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

On the night of the 31st of August 1943 Gordon's plane, the Lancaster EE181 took off from RAF Grimsby tasked with the bombing of Monchengladbach, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft post-take-off and the plane failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed into the target area, killing five of the crew with two captured as prisoners of war.

Upon recovery, POW Warrant Officer Harris later reported; “I believe the Air Bomber [Gordon] bailed out over the target as the incident occurred. Gordon was alive and not injured in any way. I have no knowledge of what happened after that.”

Colin Ross Gordon is buried at Rheinberg War Cemetary, Germany.

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