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LINDSAY, Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 400720 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | RAAF Pilot |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Archerfield aerodrome, Queensland, 26 November 1949, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 13 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400720, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 1 May 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400720, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
| 19 Dec 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400720, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400720 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Gordon Lindsay 400720 was killed when his Mustang fighter aircraft A68-80 crashed on approach to Archerfield aerodrome in Queensland in November 1949
On the 22nd of October 1942 he became a Prisoner of War after he was shot down by a Messerschmitt Me-109 and crash-landed his 450SQN Kittyhawk near El Daba
In October 1941 he was flying with 66SQN RAF in the UK
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