Lindsay Gordon

Air Vice-Marshal James Lindsay Gordon DFC (11 December 1892 – 3 March 1940) was a leading figure in the pre-World War II Royal Canadian Air Force and a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I.

Career James Lindsay Gordon was born on 11 December 1892 in Montreal, Quebec the son of Edward Percy Gordon and his wife Helen Lindsay. The young Gordon was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University.

In 1918, while a member of the Royal Air Force, Gordon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His citation was as follows:

From 1922 to 1924 Gordon was the first Director of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Promoted to air vice-marshal in 1938, Gordon continued to serve until poor health forced him to retire in January 1940. Gordon died only a few weeks later in March of that year.