Howard Fisher
Military | First Lieutenant | PIlot | 466th Bomb Group
Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry for actions on 20 June 1944
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Elmer Allen Jordan
Military
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Lt. Elmer A. Jordan Co-PIlot Crew #707 - Howard A. Fisher Crew 466th BG - 787th BS
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Award Certificate - Distinguished Flying Cross GO # 125 09 July 1944
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JORDAN, Elmer A. 2LT O-681107 Air Medal Certificate GO# 350 10 May 1944
Jordan was co-pilot on Crew #707. His a/c was hit by flack and severely damaged causing the death of three crewmen and the injury of five others on 20 June 1944. He was instrumental in bringing the damaged a/c back to England where his pilot, Howard Fisher initiated a crash landing hear RAF Ashford
Service
People
Units served with
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466th Bomb Group
Group
The 466th Bomb Group flew B-24 Liberators from Attlebridge, Norfolk, during the last year of the war in Europe. The Group flew 232 missions in the course of the year and celebrated the 100th one by inviting local people onto the base to mark the... -
787th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-94929
B-24 Liberator
Associated Place
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Ashford
Military site : airfield
Built as an Advanced Landing Ground for the RAF in 1942-1943, Ashford was improved and made ready for the Ninth Air Force in 1944. The 406th Fighter Group operated from the airfield in 1944, before the airfield was returned to RAF use and returned to... -
Attlebridge
Military site : airfield
Attlebridge was constructed for RAF use and completed to that standard in 1942. However, with news that it was to be assigned to the American Air Force, the runways were extended and additional hardstandings and outbuildings constructed for the heavy...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Madera, CA, USA | 14 May 1917 |
| Lived in | Madera, CA, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Fresno, CA, USA | 17 April 1942 |
| Died | Madera, CA, USA | 3 September 2003 |
| Buried | 6 September 2003 | |
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Mr. Elmer Jordan passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in a Madera hospital. Elmer, age 86, has been a resident of Madera County all of his life. He served in US Army Air Corps as a B-24 Bomber Pilot in World War II. He worked for Madera Irrigation District for 11 years and was a member of the Sunset Avenue Church of Christ. He is survived by his step-sons, Gary Beene of Le Grand, CA and Larry Beene of Auburn, CA., his sisters Edith Jordan of Madera and Helen Holiday of Nevada. He is the grandfather of 8 and great grandfather of 9. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 04 April 2020 14:09:17 | Brad Sullivan | Changes to service number |
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Taken from DFC Cert |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 09 January 2017 01:57:54 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, events and person associations |
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"Attlebridge Arsenal" - page 91 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 November 2014 14:50:16 | 466thHistorian | Changes to highest rank, role, biography, awards, unit associations, place associations and media associations |
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466th BG Archives |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:08:52 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347 |
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