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Son of Herbert T. Weeden and Ida B. Weeden, of Paisley, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Weeden, Gordon Herbert - Flying Officer, Born 3rd May, 1920, at Woodford, Ont. Educated at Paisley, Ont. Entered the service of the Bank 24th January, 1938. Served at Tamworth and Thorn-hill, Ont. Enlisted 28th May, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in June, 1942; Pilot Officer in May, 1943; Flying Officer in January, 1944. Trained at Toronto and London, Ont. Overseas in June, 1942. Attached R.A.F. Reported 13th December, 1943 missing after air operations over France. Officially presumed dead 13th May, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden
From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Weeden, Gordon Herbert - Flying Officer, Born 3rd May, 1920, at Woodford, Ont. Educated at Paisley, Ont. Entered the service of the Bank 24th January, 1938. Served at Tamworth and Thorn-hill, Ont. Enlisted 28th May, 1941, from the latter branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in June, 1942; Pilot Officer in May, 1943; Flying Officer in January, 1944. Trained at Toronto and London, Ont. Overseas in June, 1942. Attached R.A.F. Reported 13th December, 1943 missing after air operations over France. Officially presumed dead 13th May, 1944. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Gordon Herbert Weeden is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times December 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 225 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MEHARICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY Somme, France
Meharicourt is a village and commune 32 kilometres east-south-east of Amiens and some 7 kilometres south of the road from that town to St. Quentin. The Communal Cemetery is on the north-western side of the village on the road to Rosieres.
In the north-eastern part of the cemetery, in a special British plot, are the graves of 41 airmen. Of these, 21 belonged to the Royal Air Force; 12 to the Royal Canadian Air Force; 6 to the Royal Australian Air Force and 2 to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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