Henry J. Gordon                                                                                      Updated:  08 JUN 2015

Airman: e777078.htm Surname: Gordon Init: H J Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 700

P_link: p330.htm Plane: B24 4250329 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt

Crash_d: d210644 Buried_d: e777c C_link: e777c.htm At_Next: NO - CAM

Under et bombetogt til Berlin styrtede B24 42-50329 i havet ved Årø i Lillebælt (omkring her - Kilde: AOD) efter at de 10 flyvere var sprunget ud med faldskærm.

Se mere om en B-24 Liberator, som er større end en B-17 Flyvende Fæstning.

Staff Sergeant (Waist Gunner) Henry J. Gordon har ingen kendt grav.
Hans navn findes på Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
Han kom i tjenesten fra Massachusetts. Hæderstegn: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Kilde: ABMC)

På Årø er dette monument for de omkomne. (Kilde: FAF) 10 flyvere.

During a bombing raid to Berlin B24 42-50329 crashed in the sea at Årø in Lillebælt (about here - Source: AOD) after the 10 airmen had bailed out.

See more about a B-24 Liberator, bigger than a  B-17 Flying Fortress.

Staff Sergeant (Waist Gunner) Henry J. Gordon has no known grave.
His name is inscribed on Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, England.
He entered the Service from Massachusetts. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart. (Source: ABMC)

This monument to the perished airmen is erected on Årø. (Source: FAF) See also memorial stone to William J. Mulligan in Sandager Churchyard.

This B-24 belonged to 700 BS, 445 BG, 2 CBW, 2 BD, 8 AF. See 445th Bomb Group (Heavy). It took off from RAF Tibenham - USAAF Station 124. 10 airmen.