44-6020 Underground Farmer
T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson
Object Number - UPL 25745 - The actual 44-6020 aircraft, Underground Farmer
Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 8/5/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 28/5/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Allen Webb, Co-pilot: John Hayes, Navigator: Earl Grossnickle, Bombardier: George Gomez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lendon Grisham, Radio Operator: Ralph Murkin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Burt, Waist gunner: Adolph Gonzales (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jack Patrick (KIA-apparently on landing was beaten and shot by a mob, one sentenced to hanging and others jailed); flak KO’d #2, ditched Baltic Sea between Neustadt and Pelzerhaken, N of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7882. UNDERGROUND FARMER.
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-757633
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7882 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database