Jordan, Bert Mervin, Cpl

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Corporal
Last Service Branch
Aviation
Last Primary MOS
AAF 612-Aerial Gunner
Last MOS Group
Aviation
Primary Unit
1947-1967, US Air Force
Service Years
1939 - 1947
Aviation
Corporal
Two Service Stripes
Four Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Year of Birth
1919
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Covington, Oklahoma
Date of Passing
Apr 03, 2001
 
Location of Interment
Georgetown IOOF Cemetery - Georgetown, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Block 22 Lot 84 SPJ

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Last Known Activity:

AAF Tail#40-2282 Take Off Order 4 Target-Tokyo


Bert Jordan was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. He remained in the China-Burma-India theater flying combat missions until 1943 before returning home. In 1945 he served in the Asia-Pacific Theater of Operations.


Pilot Lt.  Everett Wayne Brick Holstrom  Cottage Grove, OR   Dec 02, 2000   
 Co-Pilot Lt.  Lucian Nevelon Youngblood  Pampa, TX   Feb 28, 1949   
 Navigator Lt.  Harry C. McCool  La Junta, CO   Feb 01, 2003   
 Bombardier Cpl.  Robert J. Stephens  Hobart, OK   Apr  13, 1959   
 Eng/Gunner Cpl.  Bert M. Jordan  Covington, OK   Apr 03, 2001

   
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Distinguished Flying Cross


The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Corporal Bert M. Jordan (ASN: 6952993), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Engineer/Gunner of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Corporal Jordan with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.

Action Date: April 18, 1942

Service: Army Air Forces

Rank: Corporal

Company: 1st Special Aviation Project

Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force


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   1942-1942, AAF 612, 17th Bombardment Group

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April / 1942
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17th Bombardment Group
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Parent Unit
USAAF 12th Army Air Force
Strength
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Last Updated: Oct 26, 2013
   
   
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28 Members Also There at Same Time
17th Bombardment Group

Duquette, Omer Adelard, S/SGT, (1938-1942) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Fitzmaurice, Donald E., SGT, (1940-1942) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Gardner, Melvin J., S/SGT, (1939-1942) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Spatz, Harold A., SGT, (1939-1942) AV AAF 612 Sergeant
Faktor, Leland Dale, Cpl, (1940-1942) AV AAF 612 Corporal
Fitzmaurice, Donald E., SGT, (1940-1942) AV AAF 612 Corporal
Thatcher, David J., Cpl, (1940-1945) AV AAF 612 Corporal
McClure, Charles L., CPT, (1940-1945) AV AAF 1035 Captain
Hallmark, Dean Edward, 1LT, (1940-1942) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Herndon, Nolan Anderson, MAJ, (1940-1945) AV AAF 1037 First Lieutenant
Knobloch, Richard A., MAJ, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
McCool, Harry C., MAJ, (1936-1947) AV AAF 1035 First Lieutenant
McGurl, Eugene Francis, 1LT, (1941-1942) AV AAF 1035 First Lieutenant
Meder, Robert John, 1LT, (1940-1943) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Pound, William Roy, LTC, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1035 First Lieutenant
Reddy, Kenneth E., 1LT, (1940-1942) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Sessler, Howard Albert, MAJ, (1940-1945) AV AAF 1037 First Lieutenant
Smith, Donald Gregory, CPT, (1940-1942) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Truelove, Denver Vernon, CPT, (1940-1943) AV AAF 1036 First Lieutenant
Watson, Harold Francis, MAJ, (1939-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Wilder, Rodney Ross, LTC, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Williams, Griffith Paul, MAJ, (1940-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
York, Edward J., MAJ, (1930-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Youngblood, Lucian Nevelson, CPT, (1936-1947) AV AAF 1082 First Lieutenant
Youngblood, Lucian Nevelson, CPT, (1936-1947) AV AAF 1082 Second Lieutenant
Laban, Theodore H., S/SGT, (1935-1947) AV AAF 749 Staff Sergeant
Thatcher, David J., S/SGT, (1940-1945) AV AAF 509 Staff Sergeant
Saylor, Edward Joseph, SGT, (1939-1947) AV AAF 749 Sergeant
DeShazer, Jacob Daniel, S/SGT, (1940-1945) AV AAF 510 Corporal
Dieter, William J., S/SGT, (1936-1942) AV AAF 510 Corporal
Hallmark, Dean Edward, 1LT, (1940-1942) AAF AAF 1024 Second Lieutenant

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