Dexter Burwell Jordan
Military
Kneeling L-R Sterling O Jones, Dexter B Jordan
Object Number - UPL 45468 - Standing L-R Herbert Jahnke, Paul Schommer Kneeling L-R Sterling O Jones, Dexter B Jordan
Assigned to 7BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew Chief of B-24 41-28851 'The Near Sighted Robin', B-17's 43-38403, 43-38265 and 43-38991 'Sweet Seventeen'. Awarded bronze star for 100 missions no aborts, the soldiers medal for risking his life to extinguish a fire on a B-17 on the ground at Mendlesham, preventing the fuel from exploding. ETD
Awards: BS, AC, GC, Soldiers Medal, WWII Victory, EAME (7 Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: The Near Sighted Robin
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Gallipolis Special, Sweet Seventeen
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina | 15 March 1915 | Son of Oliver Herbert and Minnie [Ferrell] Jordan. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Croft, SC | 8 September 1942 | Camp Croft, South Carolina |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Fort Bragg, NC | 1 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. |
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Died |
Huntersville, NC | 8 February 2014 | |
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Buried |
Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, NC | 11 February 2014 | Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
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Based |
Mendlesham | Assigned to 7BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/88026268-dexter-b-jordan
https://www.fold3.com/record/641123292-dexter-b-jordan
http://valortovictory.tripod.com/CrewChiefs.htm
https://www.jamesfuneralhomelkn.com/obituaries/Burwell-Jordan/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124888715/dexter-burwell-jordan
1996 34th BG Roster, Self / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
