Robert Gordon (RAF officer)
Air Commodore Robert Gordon CB CMG DSO RAF (22 January 1882 – 25 September 1954) was a Royal Marines officer who held various posts in Royal Naval Air Service during World War I and was a senior officer in Royal Air Force from 1918 onwards. Notably, he commanded the RAF's Z Force in Somaliland during 1920 as part of the British operations to defeat the "Mad Mullah".
After Gordon's time in Somaliland, he was Officer Commanding No. 3 Group before taking up command of RAF Trans-Jordania. After some time as a supernumerary in 1923, Gordon attended the Senior Officers' Course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The following year, he was appointed Officer Commanding No. 1 Group and 1925 saw Gordon promoted to air commodore and made Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group in what was a return to his old command. Gordon retired at his own request only seven months later.
During World War II, Gordon returned to duty as the Scottish Deputy Area Commandant of the Observer Corps. He died on 25 September 1954.