Charles S Gordon
Military
Shared with the American Air Museum by Charles S Gordon's son, David.
Object Number - UPL 26914 - Charles S Gordon, bombardier and navigator with the 44th Bomb Group.
Charles ("Shep") Gordon flew 17 missions as a navigator and 18 as a bombardier with the 44th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Shipdham, England.
He joined the 68th Bomb Squadron on 11 February 1944. Charles initially flew with pilot Sam Bowman but in the course of his tour he flew with at least a dozen different pilots and crews.
On the return from a mission to St Pol/Siracourt, France on 12 March 1944, in B-24 #42-7507 'Heaven Can Wait', it crashed landed at RAF Friston, Sussex and burned. Charles was able to Return to Duty (RTD).
Charles is credited with Me 110, destroyed 7 July 44.
He completed his tour and transferred to 489th on 24 July 1944.
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- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
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Born |
26 July 1921 | ||
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Enlisted |
5 May 1942 | ||
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Died |
20 December 2012 | ||
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Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
The information entered today is based upon my father's discharge forms together with his and the Air Force's crew/mission records.
Correspondence with Charles S Gordon's son, David Gordon:
'The person you have identified as Charles "R" Gordon does not exist; it was a mistake in the records that keeps getting repeated. The man identified as Charles "R" is the same person as Charles S. Gordon. I know because he was my father. I can provide copies of his discharge papers and any other original documents you might wish to have but I have been trying to get records corrected for years since the original typographical error misidentified my dad as Charles R.'
Brought in information from duplicate record, which listed name as Charles R Gordon. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces