War Service
Gordon Symons began his military career with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and graduated as a Sergeant-Pilot. He was soon sent overseas on the Queen Mary and was sent for training in Bournemouth on the south coast of England. Thereafter, Symons flew Beaufighters and Mosquitos on Anti Shipping Strikes with Squadron 143 of the Royal Air Force, attacking German naval and merchant ships in France, Belgium, German and Scandinavian waters."
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