Gordon Marshall Heap
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Foggia Satellite #1, San Nicola-d'Arpi
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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. |