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Gordon Emery Chandler

 Gordon Emery Chandler

Person details

Forename(s) Gordon Emery
Surname Chandler
Rank Pilot Officer
Regiment RAF
Age 20
Death Missing, presumed killed in action
Place of Death Western Europe > Netherlands
Date of Death 13/05/1940
Year of Entry 1934
House Letter H
School Notes
Comments One of five Defiant fighters shot down on 13/5, the second operational use of the aircraft

War record of 264 Squadron http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/264_wwII.html
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/264squadron.cfm

Captain of the VIII which won the Ladies Plate at Henley, 1938
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit 264 Squadron
Prefect School Prefect
Military Decorations
Album Number 21
Battle
Previous Regiment
Burial or Cemetery Netherlands > Made-en-Drimmelen
Citations
Archives Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives
Post School
Prep School Chelsmford Hall, Eastbourne
Prisoner of War
Radlein Obituary June 16 1940. Recorded on Roll of Honour. Missing, May 1940
November 17 1940. In May 1940, reported missing while on active service, now believed killed, Gordon Emery Chandler, Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, of East Horsley, and came to Radley (Smale's H) in January, 1934· From the first, though somewhat reserved in manner, he made his mark among his contemporaries, and became universally liked and respected. His chief interest in Radley was on the river, and he acted as Captain of the VIII which won the Ladies' Plate in 1938. He was also captain of the crew which went out to America in the August of that year and raced against Tabor Academy. He was a School Prefect and a most valued member of his House, and trust reposed in him was never misplaced. He performed all his duties with quiet and loyal efficiency and gave an example to us all of steady devotion. His frequent visits after he left gave us a great deal of pleasure and we shall miss him enormously.
Service Number 33559
Place of Birth