Son of Rodney Charles and Caroline Anne Jordan, of Reading, Berkshire.
Military Service Number 1275767.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.
Died at Age 21.
Eric was the Air Gunner on the British Lancaster bomber #DV300 that on a raid to Berlin, Germany was shot down by a night fighter, northeast of the neighbourhoodship of Tacozijl, North Netherlands, killing all 8 crew members
Took off 1625 16 Dec 1943 from Ludford Magna. shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 1V.
Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All Schnaufer's 121 victories were claimed during World War II, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, on 16 October 1944. He was nicknamed "The Spook of St. Trond, from the location of his unit's base in occupied Belgium.
CREW of Lancaster I DV300 Unit 101 Squadron.
1. Sgt. John Edward Clark flight engineer
2. Sgt Donald Bruce Harvey
3. Sgt John Ireland
4. Sgt Eric Ronald Edward Jordan Air gunner
5. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest Macfarlane pilot
6. Flying Officer Lorne Edgar Thompson
7. Sgt. Frederick Ronald Westall Air Bomber
8. Sgt. Leonard Dinsdale Wilson Navigator
Military Service Number 1275767.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.
Died at Age 21.
Eric was the Air Gunner on the British Lancaster bomber #DV300 that on a raid to Berlin, Germany was shot down by a night fighter, northeast of the neighbourhoodship of Tacozijl, North Netherlands, killing all 8 crew members
Took off 1625 16 Dec 1943 from Ludford Magna. shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 1V.
Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All Schnaufer's 121 victories were claimed during World War II, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, on 16 October 1944. He was nicknamed "The Spook of St. Trond, from the location of his unit's base in occupied Belgium.
CREW of Lancaster I DV300 Unit 101 Squadron.
1. Sgt. John Edward Clark flight engineer
2. Sgt Donald Bruce Harvey
3. Sgt John Ireland
4. Sgt Eric Ronald Edward Jordan Air gunner
5. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest Macfarlane pilot
6. Flying Officer Lorne Edgar Thompson
7. Sgt. Frederick Ronald Westall Air Bomber
8. Sgt. Leonard Dinsdale Wilson Navigator
Son of Rodney Charles and Caroline Anne Jordan, of Reading, Berkshire.
Military Service Number 1275767.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.
Died at Age 21.
Eric was the Air Gunner on the British Lancaster bomber #DV300 that on a raid to Berlin, Germany was shot down by a night fighter, northeast of the neighbourhoodship of Tacozijl, North Netherlands, killing all 8 crew members
Took off 1625 16 Dec 1943 from Ludford Magna. shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 1V.
Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All Schnaufer's 121 victories were claimed during World War II, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, on 16 October 1944. He was nicknamed "The Spook of St. Trond, from the location of his unit's base in occupied Belgium.
CREW of Lancaster I DV300 Unit 101 Squadron.
1. Sgt. John Edward Clark flight engineer
2. Sgt Donald Bruce Harvey
3. Sgt John Ireland
4. Sgt Eric Ronald Edward Jordan Air gunner
5. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest Macfarlane pilot
6. Flying Officer Lorne Edgar Thompson
7. Sgt. Frederick Ronald Westall Air Bomber
8. Sgt. Leonard Dinsdale Wilson Navigator
Military Service Number 1275767.
Sergeant (Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 101 Sqdn.
Died at Age 21.
Eric was the Air Gunner on the British Lancaster bomber #DV300 that on a raid to Berlin, Germany was shot down by a night fighter, northeast of the neighbourhoodship of Tacozijl, North Netherlands, killing all 8 crew members
Took off 1625 16 Dec 1943 from Ludford Magna. shot down by a night- fighter (Oblt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 1V.
Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All Schnaufer's 121 victories were claimed during World War II, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, on 16 October 1944. He was nicknamed "The Spook of St. Trond, from the location of his unit's base in occupied Belgium.
CREW of Lancaster I DV300 Unit 101 Squadron.
1. Sgt. John Edward Clark flight engineer
2. Sgt Donald Bruce Harvey
3. Sgt John Ireland
4. Sgt Eric Ronald Edward Jordan Air gunner
5. Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest Macfarlane pilot
6. Flying Officer Lorne Edgar Thompson
7. Sgt. Frederick Ronald Westall Air Bomber
8. Sgt. Leonard Dinsdale Wilson Navigator
Inscription
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS
OF THOSE HE LOVED
IS NOT TO DIE
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Plot C, Row 8, Grave 231.
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