Gordon H Whitlow
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 18021 - 1st Lt Gordon H. 'Hud' Whitlow, 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF a former 71 Sqn RAF Eagle.
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 Eagle squadron 1941, transferred to 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 14-9-1942. Promoted 1st Lt. Last seen following enemy aircraft inland after a fighter sweep to Ghent-Ostend Area, Belgium. Shot down by a Bf109 fighter of JG 26/III. Crashed near Ghent in P-47 41-6406. Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 21 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lander, WY 82520, USA | 11 August 1920 | Born son of Cyril and Rena Whitlow. 11 August 1920 Lander, Wyoming, USA. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 15 September 1942 | Transferred 334th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF 15 Sept 1942. |
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Other Appointed Sqn Oxygen Officer |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 January 1943 | Appointed Squadron Oxygen Officer (AD). 1-1-43. |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 20 March 1943 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. 20-3-43. |
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Died |
Ghent, Belgium | 21 May 1943 | Crashed near Ghent in P-47 41-6406 Killed in Action (KIA). No MACR. 21-5-43. |
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Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neupre, Belgium. | ||
| Denver County, CO, USA | |||
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Other Assigned |
14 September 1942 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. | |
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion onto Hurricane and Spitfires. |
Revisions
http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-a…
https://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WW…
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3664
http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=49070
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/334_w…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.1 by Bishop & Hey p. 132, picture p. 133, ABMC / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
