Gordon Marshall Heap

Military

Assigned to 772BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 19-Aug-44 flak, crashed Ploesti; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 9717.



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin Sleeper III
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

Places

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eldorado, KS 28 November 1919 Son of H H Heap.

Enlisted

Lubbock, TX 6 June 1942

Died

Ploesti 19 August 1944

Buried

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, KY 21 February 1950 Re-Interred Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
Waco, TX Husband of Marguerite Nell [King] Heap.

Based

Celone 19 August 1944 Assigned to 772BS, 463BG, 15AF USAAF.

Buried

Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium Re-Interred Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium
Loco Hills, Eddy County, NM Working as a Clerk for Texas and New Mexico Pipeline Co.