Name | Gordon, Norman Hirsch ‡ |
Rank | Corporal / Staff Sergeant |
Serial Number | 36819163 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #144 dated 22 July 1944, effective 22 July 1944. |
Duty | Tail Gunner |
MOS | 611 - Aerial Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 26 August 1944 |
Results |
Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands: Plot A Row 5 Grave 11 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 8466⇓ (25.908 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
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2nd Lt. Rainey, Harry Wesley, Jr⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Rowe, J Z (IO)⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Francis, Charles Dean, III⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Kendall, Walter Selium, Jr⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
SGT. Sturdivant, Donald Barrett⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Evans, Jack Clifton⇗ | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
CPL. Mosier, Richard Nelson⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
CPL. Gordon, Norman Hirsch | Tail Gunner | KIA |
SGT. Knowlton, Alfred Bachelor⇗ | Flexible Gunner | EV |
PFC. Thornhill, John Grover⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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169⇗ | 1 August 1944 |
Target: Railroad Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Chartres, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead Group, High Squadron. Dropped bombs early. Sortie Report⇗ |
170⇗ | 3 August 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Fleury, Flers, Fiefs, France |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit I Group Hot Camera Ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
171⇗ | 4 August 1944 |
Target: Rocket Research & Development Complex Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Peenemünde, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
173⇗ | 5 August 1944 |
Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 42‑37788⇗ |
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
177⇗ | 11 August 1944 |
Target: Tactical: Coastal Artillery Emplacements Type: Military Location: Brest, France |
Waist (Flexible) Gunner | 43‑37843⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
178⇗ | 12 August 1944 |
Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France |
Tail Gunner | 43‑37990⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
181⇗ | 16 August 1944 |
Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 44‑6080⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗ |
185⇗ | 26 August 1944 |
Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Tail Gunner | 42‑97204⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Lead group. At 1228 hrs, shortly after leaving target, aircraft observed feathering #4 engine and dropped down very rapidly, falling behind, but under control; crashed near the Oldebroek army training area, Wezep, The Netherlands. MACR 8466 Sortie Report⇗ |