John Gordon Grant

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4153



Awards: PH.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39009518 / O-803652
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Impatient Virgin
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

South Windsor, Hartford County, CT 29 March 1913 Son of John W and Maude Alice Grant.

Enlisted

Hartford, CT 25 June 1942 Worked for Colt Patent Fine Arms hartford, CT at time of draft registration Oct-40.

Died

4 miles W of Nauen, Germany 18 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Barnewitz in B-17 42-31650 'Impatient Virgin'; Shot down, crashed Bergedamm, four miles W of Nauen, Germany, 18-Apr-44. KIA). MACR 4153

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Bury St Edmunds 18 April 1944 Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National cemetery, St Louis, MO Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St Louis County, MO

Buried

New Wapping Cemetery, South Windsor, CT Memorialised New Wapping Cemetery South Windsor, Hartford County, CT