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Home Town Covington, Oklahoma
Last Address Bonham, Texas
Date of Passing Apr 03, 2001
Location of Interment Georgetown Cemetery - Pottsboro, Texas
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He was the Engineer/Gunner in crew #4 on the Doolittle Raid. After the raid, he served further in the Asiatic Theater. He remained in the USAAF and USAF after the war and served in the US, Germany, England, Japan, Guam, and Canada.
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.
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
Crew #4: (Plane 40-2282, target Tokyo.). 95th Bomb Sq. L-R: Lt. Harry C. McCool (navigator), Cpl. Bert M. Jordan (gunner), Lt. Everett W. Holstom (pilot), Sgt. Robert J. Stephens (bombardier), Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood (co-pilot).
(USAF photo)