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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures United States G  Gordon, Nathan |
[UP] - Gabreski, Gabby - Gailer, Frank - Gatlin, Wayne - Giller, Edward - Gladych, Michael - Goebel, Bob - Goerke, Delton - Goetz, Jack - Gonyo, William - Goodson, Jim - Gordon, Donald - Gordon, Nathan - Gossmann, Robert - Graebener, Larry - Graham, Robert - Graham, Vernon - Gray, James - Gray, Leo - Green, Herky - Greer, Paul - Griffin, Thomas - Grim, Vernon - Groce, Walter - Gross, Clayton |
Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon
Lt. (jg) Nathan Gordon made four stall landings in his Black Cat PBY in rough waters of Kavieng Harbor to collect ditched survivors of the strike. Coming under intense enemy fire, he and his crew located and picked up 15 Army fliers shot down during the attack. His actions on this day earned him the Medal of Honor. Born in 1916, Nathan Gordon enlisted in 1941, training in Florida until February 1942, joining VP-34 flying PBY Catalinas. In June 1943 the squadron was posted to Hawaii, and subsequently flew missions over Midway and Tarawa, before moving to Australia on anti-shipping raids, then to Samarai Island, where the squadron acquired the nickname Black Cats. It was from here that Nathan Gordon completed the daring rescue mission for which he received the Medal of Honor. Sadly Nathan Gordon died on 9th September 2008.
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| Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon - Signed Aviation Art |
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Clipped Signature - Nathan Gordon. During a bombing raid on Kavieng, several B-25 Mitchell bombers ditched into the sea. Nathan Gordon landed his Catalina PBY four times under intense enemy fire, picking up 15 of the downed aircrew. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He died in 2008. |
Black Cat Rescue by Nicolas Trudgian. On February 15, 1944, flying his Navy PBY Catalina on air-sea rescue duty, Lt. Nathan Gordon received an urgent call. Several 345th BG B25s were down following a major attack on Kavieng, and crews were in the water just offshore. Under intense gunfire, Gordon made no fewer than four perilous water landings to pick up survivors, returning to make an emergency landing at Cape Gloucester with 25 people aboard, an just 10 gallons of fuel in his tanks. Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor. |
| Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon Aircraft details |
 Catalina Manufacturer : Consolidated Built : 3305 | Catalina Built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company and designed by Isaax M Ladden. the Catalina first flew on the 28th march 1935. and first flew with the US Navy in October 1936. In 1935 the cost of each Catalina was $90,000 and just over 4,000 were built. The Catalina was used in various maritime roles. but it was designed initially as a maritime patrol bomber. Its long range was intended to seek out enemy transport and supply ships. but was eventually used in many roles including Convoy escort,, anti submarine warfare and search and rescue. In its role as a search and rescue aircraft it probably is best remembered for many thousands of aircrews shot down in the Pacific and less extend in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Catalina was the most successful flying boat of the war and even served in a military role until the early 1980's some are still used today in aerial firefighting. |
| Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon Squadron details |
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