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. James Lindsay Gordon was born on 11 December 1892 in Montreal, Quebec[1] the son of Edward Percy Gordon and his wife Helen Lindsay.

The young Gordon was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University.

[2] In 1918, while a member of the Royal Air Force, Gordon was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Has led formations over the seas and attacked with success enemy aircraft in their own area.

[4] Promoted to air vice-marshal in 1938, Gordon continued to serve until poor health forced him to retire in January 1940.