Grady C Justice

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed N of Brunswick, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 29 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30800 'Cock O' the Walk'. Prisoner of War (POW). This was a 452nd BG crew flying a 388th BG a/c.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Cock O' The Walk" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.'

42-30800

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cock O The Walk
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 29 February 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Added the date to the POW event per data in the "Summary biography".

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Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2893, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces