Cloyd George Jordan
Military
Information/documents I found on 3Fold about my grandfather.
Object Number - UPL 39980 - MACR 8926 - Loss of B-24 42-10505
Crashed near Bonn in B-24 'Gung Ho' #44-10505 on 9/11/44, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Gung Ho
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War |
Bonn, Germany | 11 September 1944 - 25 May 1945 | |
|
Born |
Brooklyn, New York |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
A direct story from my grandfather I heard many times growing up.
I am his Granddaughter and have the declassified paperwork from when he was a POW in Germany.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8926 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
