Lt
Joseph
Evans
Gordon
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Son of Ernest Gordon
and Josephine Gretchelon Redman
Died
at age 21
in Lattes, Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
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Biography
Joseph Gordon is Notable.
Lt Joseph Gordon was Killed in Action during World War II.
Joseph Gordon is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 99th Fighter Squadron 1944-1944
Tuskegee Airman flying Ace
Served in the United States Army Air Force 99th Fighter Squadron 1944-1944
Tuskegee Airman flying Ace
Joseph Gordon was awarded the Purple Heart.
Joseph was born in 1923, the only son to Ernest Gordon and Josephine Redman.[1] Joseph grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He enlisted there in 1942, and attended the Tuskegee Air Pilot Program in Tuskegee, Alabama, graduating in Feb 1944. [2] He was assigned to the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group.
On Aug 12, 1944, 2nd Lt. Joseph Gordon took off on an escort mission to bomb radar stations in Toulon, France. While in transit, his plane was hit by flak just outside Montepellier, in Lattes, resulting in the plane crashing into the ground. He did not survive the crash. His body was buried in the Lattes Cemetery. After the cessation of hostilities, the Graves Adminitration reinterred Joseph in the Epinal American Cemetery in Epinal, France. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQRK-JRH : 19 November 2019), Ernest Gordon, Assembly District 17, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-1942A, sheet 8B, line 53, family 188, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2597.
- ↑ The Pittsburgh Courier, 19 Feb 1944.
- ↑ https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=89963
- World War II Draft Card; Brooklyn, New York; Local Board No. 162, Brooklyn 2, New York. 6/30/1942
Notes
Thank you to Nicolas Courtine for confirming 2nd Lt. Gordon's crash location details.
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