George Paul Griffith
Military
Fields of Honor database
Object Number - UPL 42533 - 2Lt George Griffith, Horr crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. KIA 6-22-1943.
Navigator, Horr Crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17#42-30016, "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 - Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. MACR 134. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. Killed in Action (KIA). Wounded in the plane. Reported by Dutch civilians to be shot in the water by a German patrol. 2Lt Griffiths body was never recovered. Netherlands AMC Tablets of the Missing.
Live Oak, CA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18110019
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057714
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268722
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31150534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734915
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
7 March 1943 - 22 June 1943 | ||
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Other Killed in Action |
Belgium | 22 June 1943 | |
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Tablets of the Missing |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 were from:
381st BGMA/ 532nd BS War Diary/ 242nd Medical Detachment War Diary/Fold.3/They Came From Over the Pond - David Osborne/The Might Men of the 381st - James Good Brown/American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC.com)
Photo from the Fields of Honor Database Facebook Group
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 134 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
