World War II Honoree

James J. Gordon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hall Quarry, Maine

Honored By

Sandra K. Behr

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED NOVEMBER 14, 1940 TO NOVEMBER 22, 1945, PRIVATE. SERVED WITH THE 36TH AIR DEPOT REPAIR GROUP IN ENGLAND, AFRICA AND ITALY AS AN AIRPLANE AND ENGINE MECHANIC 747. ACHIEVED THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT, BUT MUSTERED OUT AS A PRIVATE. IN AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION, FLEW MULTIPLE PLANES OUT OF NAPLES TO SAFETY WHEN THE MOUNT ETNA VOLCANO BEGAN ERUPTING. HE WAS NOT A PILOT; HE WAS A MECHANIC.