Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Became squadron C/O after Lt Col Frederick H Lefebre. Compton was a squadron ace with 5 x kills, including the first of two ME262 aerial victories downed on 22 Feb 45 and a second one on 10-Apr-45. Made an emergency landing at Metfield after losing power on a local test flight in P-47D 42-75702 28-Feb-44. RTD May 1944 after recovering from crash burns and head injury at the 65th General Hospital at Redgrave Park, Suffolk, England. Ended Tour of Duty (ETD).

0.25 two Fw190s dam grd 22/2/44; Fw190 dest grd, Ju88 dest air 22/2/44; 0.5 Me109 dest air 7/6/44; Fw190 dest air 8/6/44; 0.5 He111 dam grd 20/6/44; Ju52 dest grd 24/6/44; two Ju88 dest grnd, one t/e dam grd 18/11/44; Fw190 dest air 27/11/44; Me262 dest air 22/2/45; Ar234 dest grd 21/3/45; three Me410s, one Me110 dest grd 5/4/45; Me262 dest air 10/4/45; two Ju88s, two Ju188, one t/e all dest on grd, three t/e dam on grd 16/4/45.

Awards: DFC (2OLC), AM (22OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (4 x Battle Stars).

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Dallas, TX, USA	7 October 1921
Enlisted	Dallas, TX, USA	24 January 1942
Promotion	Raydon, Ipswich IP7 5LL, UK	October 1942
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.
Based	Raydon	20 October 1942 – August 1945
Assigned to 351FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.
Crashed	Metfield, Harleston IP20 0LH, UK	28 February 1944
Crashed due to Engine Failure Metfield/Sta 366 Cat 5 Capt Gordon B Compton, 28-Feb-44 P-47D 42-75702 - 351FS 353FG 8AF
Promotion	Raydon, UK	August 1944
Promoted to Captain.
Promotion	Raydon, Ipswich IP7 5LL, UK	29 April 1945
Promoted to Major.
End Tour of Duty (ETD)	England, UK	August 1945
Ended Tour of Duty (ETD)
Died	Wichita, KS, USA	6 February 2003
Buried	11800 West Highway 54, Wichita, KS 67209, United States	March 2003
Resthaven Gardens of Memory Wichita Sedgwick County, KS