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MAC INTOSH, Gordon Elisha - Date of
birth
14 March 1918 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Centerville, Amite County, Mississippi -
Hometown
Amite County, Mississippi
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-731318 -
Rank
First Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 June 1943 - Place of
death
Baltic Sea, off the coast of Heiligenhafen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 33 | 20 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Thomas L. Mac Intosh (father)
Ruby (Gardner) Mac Intosh (mother)
Thomas L. Mac Intosh (brother)
Phillip Mac Intosh (brother)
Halley C. Mac Intosh (sister)
David G. Mac Intosh (brother)
Rubie N. Mac Intosh (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29763 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Kiel, Germany
MACR: 4899
More information
1st Lt Gordon E. Mac Intosh graduated from Centreville High School and Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He attended the University of California.He enlisted from San Francisco, California on 29 December 1941.
A/C 42-29763 piloted by 1st Lt Charles Rubin, was seen over Kiel, Germany and was list sighted at 54 to 55 degrees N and 08 to 10 degrees E. On this mission a great deal of enemy opposition was encountered (over 100 aircraft), causing ten aircraft of this unit to be lost. No chutes were seen to leave the aircraft. The A/C collided with A/C 42-30118 over Kiel and crashed into the Baltic Sea, off Heiligenhafen, Germany.
His brother M/Sgt Thomas Lamar MacIntosh has been listed as missing in action as of 12 December 1944 from a return mission from China back to India and is memorialized at the Manila American Cemetery at Fort Bonifacio in the Philippines.
Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - McComb Enterprise-Journal, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - McComb Daily Journal