Gordon Sefton Stevens
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 24138 - Capt Gordon S Stevens, []Smithfield, NC ]. 63rd Fighter Squadron. P-47D 43-25585 UN-V_ “Pat”.
Captain Stevens served with the 44th Bomb Group (H)/506th Squadron before joining the 56th Fighter Group. He completed 26 missions as a pilot of B-24 Liberator bombers in the 44th. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying in B-24 Liberator 42-41013.
22-Jul-43 while TDY 9th AF, accident in Libya on a practice bombing mission in 42-23787.
Killed in Action (KIA) strafing near Thuernich in P-47 44-19730.
Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (3OLC), PH, EAME (2 Battle stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12035033
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Trouble
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron 566th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Lorene Pat
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Pat
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 63rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 August 1919 | Son of Leon Gladstone and Ethel [Sefton] Stevens. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
18 September 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA) strafing near Thuernich in P-47 44-19730. | |
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Other Transferred |
Transferred 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. | ||
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot D Row 2 Grave 20 | ||
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Buried |
Memorialised Riverside Cemetery Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina | ||
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Based |
Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Personal photo album of Richard A. Leo - Shawn Harding Collection
Personal Photo Album of Richard A. Leo - Shawn Harding Collection
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p.186;
Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group
Captain Stevens served with the 44th Bomb Group (H)/506th Squadron before joining the 56th Fighter Group. He completed 26 missions as a pilot of B-24 Liberator bombers in the 44th including the Ploesti oil field raid of 1 August 1943.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8993 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
