Lester A Griffin

Military
media-37241.jpeg UPL 37241 The Bentcliff Crew. Pilot 1st LT Clifford Bentcliff is front row second Right
First LT. Charles L Gempel is the second from the left in the front row. Other Crew Members unidentified.
Known to have flown on the aircraft linked below as well as others listed here. https://bentcliffcrew.blogspot.com/2013/06/

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Object Number - UPL 37241 - The Bentcliff Crew. Pilot 1st LT Clifford Bentcliff is front row second Right First LT. Charles L Gempel is the second from the left in the front...

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Hamburg on 10/30/44 in B-24 #4410523

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-10523

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 30 October 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10139 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 37241 - The Bentcliff Crew. Pilot 1st LT Clifford...