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Joseph Jordan, tailgunner, is sitting on top of the turret. This was taken soon after the St. Etienne mission on May 25, 1944, where the aircraft was listed as missing, when they actually had suffered severe damage and diverted to Corsica. The people in the photograph are those that were not lost on this raid. On the back of the photo are the names of the survivors.
"What was left of Bomb Group 9"
Tommy - 2nd Lt. Frederick L. Tompkins, 0-690408, Pilot
Butts - Sgt. Robert O. Butts, Jr., 33553787, Left Waist Gunner
Fram - Sgt. Roger C. Framm, 19206441, Lower Turret
Ray - S/Sgt. Elmer R. Cutsinger, 38200294, Radio Operator
Merkle - Sgt. Carl F. Merkle, 19090034, Right Waist Gunner
Tex (Joe) - Sgt. Joseph A. Jordan, 38341267, Tail Gunner
"Missing"
Fred - 2nd Lt. Fred E. Letz, 0-699203, Navigator (Evaded)
Smitty - 2nd Lt. Paul H. Smith, 0-696292, Bombardier (KIA)
Smokey - S/Sgt. Harold L. Bolick, 39268736, Upper Turret (Evaded)
Rodey - 2nd Lt. Earl E. Rodenburg, 0-700368, Co-Pilot (POW)
Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Squadron
Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 1/11/43;
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 February 2017 06:58:07 | martinontheroad | Changes to caption |
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Photograph from the Jordan Family Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 February 2017 06:55:15 | martinontheroad | Changes to collection and caption |
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Photograph source from the Jordan Family archives. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2015 11:24:28 | Lucy May | Changes to person associations |
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Associated to Joseph Jordan - just made a person record for him using details in Missing Air Crew Report 5831 (available on Fold3). |
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| 14 December 2015 07:14:12 | martinontheroad | Changes to caption |
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Entered 12/13/2015 by martinontheroad. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 December 2015 06:48:07 | martinontheroad | Created entry with caption |
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