Earl Burton Groves
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 27 September 1944 in B-24 #42-51532 named "Hot Rock".
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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: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31145800
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, Nose Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14077061 at enlistment, then O-810929
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37722061
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37722733
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Hot Rock
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 446th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron 705th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 27 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
13 September 1920 | Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Enlisted |
9 November 1942 | Buffalo, New York | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
27 September 1944 | Wildeck, Germany in the crash of B-24 #42-51532 | |
Falls Creek, Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |||
Buried |
Earl Groves rests at the Beechwoods Cemetery in Falls Creek, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 9572
WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/9034753/earl-burton-groves
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Birsic, MACR 9572, 2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9572 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database