Robert Gordon (RAF officer)

Robert Gordon
Born(1882-02-22)22 February 1882
Rangoon, Burma, British India
Died25 September 1954(1954-09-25) (aged 72)
Newton Abbot, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Marines (1900–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–25)
Years of service1900–25
RankAir Commodore
CommandsNo. 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/warsFirst World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (2)

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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