John F Gordon

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13413.jpeg UPL 13413 Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

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Object Number - UPL 13413 - Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All Saints Church, Weston Longville.

Shot down 11 May 1944 in B-24 #41-28664 'Merchant Of Venice. ' Killed in Action (KIA). 

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Units served with

Three little girls hold up a balloon celebrating the 100th mission of the 466th Bomb Group in front of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95592) nicknamed "Black Cat". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'On our 100 Mission party Day- 18 Aug 1944, Attlebridge, 466th- wouldn't it be something if we could identify these girls? How could I do it?'

466th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

John C MacDonald

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-526631
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28664

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Merchant of Venice
  • Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Attlebridge airfield, looking north, the fuel store and a T2 hangar are in the upper centre, 31 January 1946. Photograph taken by No. 90 Squadron, sortie number RAF/3G/TUD/UK/51. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Attlebridge

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

9 November 1942

Died

11 May 1944 a/c was damaged over the target. Pilot stated he was headed towards Switzerland. They were never seen or heard from again.

Born

Buried

No Known Grave Tablets of The Missing Cambridge American Cemetery

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributor466thHistorian
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Gordon&GSfn=John&…;
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=5613166

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ContributorSJolley
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Consolidated duplicate entries into one entry. This now contains information from: MACR 4802 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4802

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Object number: UPL 13413 - Page 2 of 466th Bomb Group 'Roll of Honor' at All...