UPL 21506
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Richard Grow - Mason City, 352nd FG, KIA
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667067
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot, Pilot
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Sources
Target/Mission: Withdrawal support for bombers returning from Osnabrück [Lower Saxony], Germany.
Crash Date: 22 December 1943 at 14:30
Pilot was last heard via radio by Capt. George E. Preddy (O-430846) and 1Lt John R. Bennett (O-732132). Wreckage of the aircraft and remains of the pilot were recovered after the war.
Crash Area - Location: Friesland province - On a potato storage of farmer J.F. Heide in Haule (municipality Ooststellingwerf).
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Sources
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 19 "Killed in Action", by Charles D Taylor