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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 3215" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gordon </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mathew Martin, Jr </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 AC Group (1 Fighter Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-432260 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>10th August 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">26</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot M Row 0 Grave 142 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.4.1919 Denver, Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Matthew Michael and Frances M. Gordon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided 839 Belmont Avenue, Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>qualified as pilot 12.12.1941 (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>75 Fighter Squadron (23 Fighter Group) 1943 (1Lt - Cap)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23 Fighter Group November 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CBI Fighter OTU (Flight Instructor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Fighter Squadron(2 AC Group) 6.5.1944 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star, D.F.C., Bronze Star, Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed in air accident 3 miles north of airfield, Kalaikunda, India</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mathew proposed marriage to Elizabeth Ann Short (1924-47) before he was killed and was apparently accepted</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Elizabeth was murdered in the Black Dahlia case in 1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon.31612/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31612-7054302f6cf006905c621f639bd4e145.jpg?1591435841" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon.31611/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31611-3c3e5bd100dfc54edcfbf253eddf5543.jpg?1591435840" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon-grave.31610/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31610-28524e9e1ae993da88025dd8a2a3db0c.jpg?1591435839" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 3215, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gordon [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Mathew Martin, Jr [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2 AC Group (1 Fighter Squadron) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Major [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]0-432260 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]10th August 1945 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT]26[/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]National Memorial Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii Plot M Row 0 Grave 142 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 21.4.1919 Denver, Colorado[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Matthew Michael and Frances M. Gordon[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]resided 839 Belmont Avenue, Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]qualified as pilot 12.12.1941 (2Lt)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]75 Fighter Squadron (23 Fighter Group) 1943 (1Lt - Cap)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]23 Fighter Group November 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]CBI Fighter OTU (Flight Instructor)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 Fighter Squadron(2 AC Group) 6.5.1944 (Major)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awards Silver Star, D.F.C., Bronze Star, Air Medal[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]killed in air accident 3 miles north of airfield, Kalaikunda, India[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Mathew proposed marriage to Elizabeth Ann Short (1924-47) before he was killed and was apparently accepted[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Elizabeth was murdered in the Black Dahlia case in 1947[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon.31612/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31612-7054302f6cf006905c621f639bd4e145.jpg?1591435841[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon.31611/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31611-3c3e5bd100dfc54edcfbf253eddf5543.jpg?1591435840[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-gordon-grave.31610/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/31/31610-28524e9e1ae993da88025dd8a2a3db0c.jpg?1591435839[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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