Grant Hubert Cory
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Sens, France crashed near Dreux in P-38J 42-104284 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6247
Award: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Brittany Cemetary
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Lewis and Clark County, MT, USA | 29 March 1921 | Son of Claude Milo and Fannie Helen [Campbell] Cory. |
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Enlisted |
Boise Airport (BOI), 3201 W Airport Way #1000, Boise, ID 83705, USA | 16 March 1942 | Gowan Field Boise ID |
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Died |
12 miles NE of Dreux, France | 23 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Sens, France crashed near Dreux in P-38J 42-104284 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6247 |
| Montana, USA | |||
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Buried |
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Buried |
306 E Main St, East Helena, MT 59635, USA | Memorialised East Helena City Cemetery East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 22 June 1944 | Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6247 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list