Ernest Marion Jordan

Military

Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Valesh crew on B-17 'Hang The Expense'. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Personnel of the 100th Bomb Group inspect a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Hang the Expense" after a crash landing. Image via Stewart P Evans.

Frank Edward Valesh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17062813 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17G Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-39867) of the 351st Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group. Official caption on image: "265-(44). WPU - 2.29.44. Eastchurch. B-17G - 42-39867. FA-FSAD." Handwritten caption on reverse: '100th Bomb Group, 13th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, E?-E.[EP-E]' On reverse: USAAF Photographic Section Station 595 [Stamp].

42-39867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hang the Expense II, Boeing Belle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron 351st Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tarrant County, TX 28 August 1922 Son of Marion Tillman and Winnie Pearl [Virgil] Jordan.

Enlisted

Dallas, TX 8 October 1941 Dallas, Texas

Died

Dallas County, TX 20 February 1990

Buried

Parker Memorial Cemetery, Grapevine, Tarrant County, TX 23 February 1990 Parker Memorial Cemetery Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Final mission 19-Jul-44 Schweinfurt.

Revisions

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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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https://www.fold3.com/record/84779287-ernest-m-jordan
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89369168/ernest-marion-jordan

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp