Paul Pate Gordy
MilitaryIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Prisoner of War. Shot down on 29 July 43 in B-17 42-29700 on mission to Kiel, Germany. No Missing Air Crew Report has been located for this loss.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34202988
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12141817
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735113
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736896
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32453552
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Jacksonville, FL, USA | 12 March 1942 | Residence: Alachua County, Florida Private, Air Corps |
Other Assigned |
1 February 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field Special Orders #32 dated 1 February 1943, Floyd C. Edwards Crew, 6 combat missions. | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 July 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Died |
7 February 2016 | Panama City, Florida | |
Born |
Georgia, USA |
Revisions
merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000
- Memories of the 384th BG, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 205 ,;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=g...
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database