Harold K Jordon
Military
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UPL 16097
Crew #565/473
John C. Welsh Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (RN), John C. Welsh (P), Edward W. Winter (N), Donald Dowdell (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Unidentified, Herman Young (G), Harold Westby (PN), Paul Kaufmann (TTG)
Not in photo: John Belanger (TG), Vincent Palmer (FE)
This crew completed 7 missions with the 785th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS where they completed an additional 23 missions as a lead crew. 466th Bomb Group collection
John C. Welsh Crew
466th BG - 785th and 784th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: Michael P. Pelish (B), Harold K. Jordon (CP), Eugene Gjertsen (RN), John C. Welsh (P), Edward W. Winter (N), Donald Dowdell (R/O)
Kneeling Left to Right: Unidentified, Herman Young (G), Harold Westby (PN), Paul Kaufmann (TTG)
Not in photo: John Belanger (TG), Vincent Palmer (FE)
This crew completed 7 missions with the 785th BS and then transferred to the 784th BS where they completed an additional 23 missions as a lead crew. 466th Bomb Group collection
Career U.S.A.F. Officer, retired in 1975 as a colonel. Wife Jane Merrill Jordon, sons David, Steven and Brian.
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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: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 785th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Jackson, Michigan | 23 August 1923 | |
Enlisted |
Detroit, MI, USA | 4 December 1942 | |
Died |
Venice, Florida, USA | 28 June 2001 |
Revisions
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources
Updated date of birth as per information provided by Steven Jordon, son
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347