World War II Honoree

Gordon Lane Weston

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: FLIGHT OFFICER. SERVED AS A P-51 ‘MUSTANG’ FIGHTER PILOT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 78TH FIGHTER GROUP, 83RD FIGHTER SQUADRON. HE WAS STATIONED AT DUXFORD, ENGLAND, ARMY AIR FORCE STATION #357. KILLED IN ACTION SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1945 WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A MID AIR COLLISION IN THE VICINITY OF POSLINGFORD, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. HE IS BURIED IN THE CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY LOCATED AT CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS: AIR MEDAL WITH A BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER AND THE PURPLE HEART. THE AIR MEDAL WAS BESTOWED UPON THE FLIGHT OFFICER FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN AERIAL FLIGHT. THE PURPLE HEART WAS AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY.