Paul Pate Gordy
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Prisoner of War. Shot down on 29 July 43 in B-17 42-29700 on mission to Kiel, Germany. No Missing Air Crew Report has been located for this loss.
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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
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36395293
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735269
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35665828
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-665291
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16101071
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jimmie Boy
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL, USA | 12 March 1942 | Residence: Alachua County, Florida Private, Air Corps |
|
Other Assigned |
1 February 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Floyd C. Edwards Crew, 6 combat missions. | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 July 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
|
Died |
7 February 2016 | Panama City, Florida | |
|
Born |
Georgia, USA |
Revisions
merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
- Memories of the 384th BG, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 205 ,;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=g...
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database