Gordon Richard Grant
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 13 January 1943 in B-17 41-24498 while serving as Bombardier the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" 306BG/369BS just north of the target at Lille, France. He was killed in the collision. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024209 / O-442297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Corpus Christi, Texas | 3 April 1917 | BornCorpus Christi, Texas |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Marcq-en-Barœul, France | 13 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-17 just north of the intended target at Lille, France. Aircraft crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. |
Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoze, France | 1 January 1946 | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 47, Grave 18. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jan-2015. Added decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added crew position and SN per MACR 15634.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, MACR 15502