Red Lodge, Montana newspaper story: Captain Berven was commissioned December 13, 1942 at Randolph Field as a pilot and during World War II was a fighter pilot in China, earning his Chinese Air Force wings and the Chinese medal under Major Gen. C.L. Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force. Twice he was reported missing in action, the first time on September 5, 1944, and the second time on July 7, 1945.
Memorial services for Capt. Gordon C. Berven, 28, air force flight instructor, will be held from the Goodfellow Field Air Base chapel at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Berven died early Tuesday morning of injuries suffered in a city intersection.
Capt. Berven had been living on Route 2, the Ballenger Highway since he came here from Randolph
Field in March for his second tour as an instructor at the local field. He first came here in April of 1946, after his return from overseas, and remained here until December of that year when he went to Randolph Field.
Commissioned Dec. 3, 1943, as a pilot, Berven was an instructor at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, until he went to India in Jan., 1944, first as an instructor and later as a fighter pilot in the 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group. He flew 46 combat missions in P-40s and P-51s and was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters before his return in Jan., 1946
Lt. Gordon C. Berven, Montana Alpha, '43, of
Red Lodge, Mont., completing nine months as a
fighter pilot with Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's
Fourteenth Air Force in China, has destroyed one
Japanese plane in the air and one on the ground,
damaged one on the ground, and taken part in
numerous strafing missions. He has received the
Air Medal. Employed as a drag-line runner before
entering the AAF in December, 1941, he left for
overseas in January, 1944. The squadron of which
he is a member is a unit of a "Flying Tiger"
fighter group which since its activation in China
over 34 months ago, has destroyed, probably de-
stroyed and damaged 1,775 Japanese planes, of
which 621 were shot down confirmed in aerial
combat and 317 destroyed on the ground.
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Memorial services for Capt. Gordon C. Berven, 28, air force flight instructor, will be held from the Goodfellow Field Air Base chapel at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Berven died early Tuesday morning of injuries suffered in a city intersection.
Capt. Berven had been living on Route 2, the Ballenger Highway since he came here from Randolph
Field in March for his second tour as an instructor at the local field. He first came here in April of 1946, after his return from overseas, and remained here until December of that year when he went to Randolph Field.
Commissioned Dec. 3, 1943, as a pilot, Berven was an instructor at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, until he went to India in Jan., 1944, first as an instructor and later as a fighter pilot in the 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group. He flew 46 combat missions in P-40s and P-51s and was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters before his return in Jan., 1946
Lt. Gordon C. Berven, Montana Alpha, '43, of
Red Lodge, Mont., completing nine months as a
fighter pilot with Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's
Fourteenth Air Force in China, has destroyed one
Japanese plane in the air and one on the ground,
damaged one on the ground, and taken part in
numerous strafing missions. He has received the
Air Medal. Employed as a drag-line runner before
entering the AAF in December, 1941, he left for
overseas in January, 1944. The squadron of which
he is a member is a unit of a "Flying Tiger"
fighter group which since its activation in China
over 34 months ago, has destroyed, probably de-
stroyed and damaged 1,775 Japanese planes, of
which 621 were shot down confirmed in aerial
combat and 317 destroyed on the ground.
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Red Lodge, Montana newspaper story: Captain Berven was commissioned December 13, 1942 at Randolph Field as a pilot and during World War II was a fighter pilot in China, earning his Chinese Air Force wings and the Chinese medal under Major Gen. C.L. Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force. Twice he was reported missing in action, the first time on September 5, 1944, and the second time on July 7, 1945.
Memorial services for Capt. Gordon C. Berven, 28, air force flight instructor, will be held from the Goodfellow Field Air Base chapel at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Berven died early Tuesday morning of injuries suffered in a city intersection.
Capt. Berven had been living on Route 2, the Ballenger Highway since he came here from Randolph
Field in March for his second tour as an instructor at the local field. He first came here in April of 1946, after his return from overseas, and remained here until December of that year when he went to Randolph Field.
Commissioned Dec. 3, 1943, as a pilot, Berven was an instructor at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, until he went to India in Jan., 1944, first as an instructor and later as a fighter pilot in the 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group. He flew 46 combat missions in P-40s and P-51s and was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters before his return in Jan., 1946
Lt. Gordon C. Berven, Montana Alpha, '43, of
Red Lodge, Mont., completing nine months as a
fighter pilot with Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's
Fourteenth Air Force in China, has destroyed one
Japanese plane in the air and one on the ground,
damaged one on the ground, and taken part in
numerous strafing missions. He has received the
Air Medal. Employed as a drag-line runner before
entering the AAF in December, 1941, he left for
overseas in January, 1944. The squadron of which
he is a member is a unit of a "Flying Tiger"
fighter group which since its activation in China
over 34 months ago, has destroyed, probably de-
stroyed and damaged 1,775 Japanese planes, of
which 621 were shot down confirmed in aerial
combat and 317 destroyed on the ground.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON JOURNAL
Memorial services for Capt. Gordon C. Berven, 28, air force flight instructor, will be held from the Goodfellow Field Air Base chapel at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Berven died early Tuesday morning of injuries suffered in a city intersection.
Capt. Berven had been living on Route 2, the Ballenger Highway since he came here from Randolph
Field in March for his second tour as an instructor at the local field. He first came here in April of 1946, after his return from overseas, and remained here until December of that year when he went to Randolph Field.
Commissioned Dec. 3, 1943, as a pilot, Berven was an instructor at Foster Field, Victoria, Texas, until he went to India in Jan., 1944, first as an instructor and later as a fighter pilot in the 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group. He flew 46 combat missions in P-40s and P-51s and was awarded the Air Medal with three clusters before his return in Jan., 1946
Lt. Gordon C. Berven, Montana Alpha, '43, of
Red Lodge, Mont., completing nine months as a
fighter pilot with Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's
Fourteenth Air Force in China, has destroyed one
Japanese plane in the air and one on the ground,
damaged one on the ground, and taken part in
numerous strafing missions. He has received the
Air Medal. Employed as a drag-line runner before
entering the AAF in December, 1941, he left for
overseas in January, 1944. The squadron of which
he is a member is a unit of a "Flying Tiger"
fighter group which since its activation in China
over 34 months ago, has destroyed, probably de-
stroyed and damaged 1,775 Japanese planes, of
which 621 were shot down confirmed in aerial
combat and 317 destroyed on the ground.
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