Elmer Allen Jordan
Military
Co-PIlot
Crew #707 - Howard A. Fisher Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
466th BG Archives
Object Number - UPL 6914 - Lt. Elmer A. Jordan Co-PIlot Crew #707 - Howard A. Fisher Crew 466th BG - 787th BS
Jordan was co-pilot on Crew #707. His a/c was hit by flack and severely damaged causing the death of three crewmen and the injury of five others on 20 June 1944. He was instrumental in bringing the damaged a/c back to England where his pilot, Howard Fisher initiated a crash landing hear RAF Ashford
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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 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802098
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: PIlot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Ashford

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Madera, CA, USA | 14 May 1917 | |
Enlisted |
Fresno, CA, USA | 17 April 1942 | |
Died |
Madera, CA, USA | 3 September 2003 | |
Buried |
6 September 2003 | Mr. Elmer Jordan passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in a Madera hospital. Elmer, age 86, has been a resident of Madera County all of his life. He served in US Army Air Corps as a B-24 Bomber Pilot in World War II. He worked for Madera Irrigation District for 11 years and was a member of the Sunset Avenue Church of Christ. He is survived by his step-sons, Gary Beene of Le Grand, CA and Larry Beene of Auburn, CA., his sisters Edith Jordan of Madera and Helen Holiday of Nevada. He is the grandfather of 8 and great grandfather of 9. | |
Madera, CA, USA |
Revisions
Taken from DFC Cert
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133393839
466th BG Archives
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