Jordon, Samuel Adolphus

Title

Jordon, Samuel Adolphus

Description

Ten items. An oral history interview with Samuel Adolphus Jordan (b. 1926, Royal Air Force). His memoirs and photographs. He served as a clerk.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Paula Noble and catalogued by John England.

Date

2025-12-18

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Identifier

Jordon, SA

Collection Items

Group of RAF recruits, including S A Jordon
Group of RAF recruits, including S A Jordon, before leaving for Great Britain.
S A Jordon is fifth from left, second row.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Samuel Jordon in RAF uniform
S A Jordon in RAF uniform.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

Samuel Jordon
S A Jordon in his later years, wearing casual civilian clothes and standing in front of a memorial wall at the IBCC.

Samuel Jordon
S A Jordon in his later years, wearing civilian jacket and tie with RAF hat, Second World War medals and RAF station badges.

Samuel Jordon
S A Jordon in his later years, wearing civilian jacket and tie with RAF hat, Second World War medals and RAF station badges.

Samuel Jordon
S A Jordon in his later years, wearing civilian jacket and tie with RAF hat, Second World War medals and RAF station badges.

Samuel Jordon
Head and shoulders colour picture of S A Jordon in civilian clothes.

Samuel Adolphus Jordon's memoir. Two
Second part of S A Jordon memoir, detailing his visits, while based in Wiltshire, to an English family in Sheffield and also describing his return to British Guiana and revisiting Sheffield many years later.

Samuel Adolphus Jordon memoir. One
Typed memoir describing S A Jordon's recruitment into the RAF, his journey to Great Britain and his subsequent travel within Great Britain by public transport.

Interview with Samuel Adolphus Jordon
Samuel Jordon grew up in British Guiana and volunteered for the Air Force when he was 18. He discusses his journey to the UK, his training and work as a clerk.
While training at RAF Melksham the war ended. He was then posted to the Number 1 School…
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