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Thorpe, Gordon Albert

Date of birth:
November 2nd, 1921 (Orchard Lake/Minnesota, United States)
Service number:
16013863 / 0-584149
Nationality:
American

Biography

Gordon A. Thorpe entered service on March 19th, 1942..

Promotions:
July 1st, 1943: Technical Sergeant;
March 1944: 2nd Lieutenant;
1944: 1st Lieutenant.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1943

General Orders No.11, Headquarters 12th Air Force, 23 January 1943.
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1943

General Orders No.11, Headquarters 12th Air Force, 23 January 1943.
Second Air Medal received in the form of a bronze oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1943

General Orders No.11, Headquarters 12th Air Force, 23 January 1943.
Third Air Medal received in the form of a second oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1943

General Orders No.11, Headquarters 12th Air Force, 23 January 1943.
Fourth Air Medal received in the form of a thrid oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first Air Medal.
Air Medal (AM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
February 1st, 1943

General Orders No.14, Headquarters 12th Air Force, 1 February 1943.
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
12th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces
Awarded on:
1944
Awarded for injuries sustained in a flight over Bezerte, North Africa in 1943.
Purple Heart

Sources

  • Photo 1: Christine Thorpe
  • - Honorable Discharge document
    - Enlisted Record

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