William John Grupp
Military
From left to right : Robert Wilcox, Harold Freeman, Marvin Bender, William Grupp.
Kneeling : Lawrence Anderson, Francis Rollins, Robert Plumkett (replaced by Levi Collins for 31st December mission,
Francis Anderson, Harold Long and Veikko Koski.
Object Number - UPL 53787 - The crew of "Iron Ass" 42-39823 – 351st BG, 510th BS From left to right : Robert Wilcox, Harold Freeman, Marvin...
Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 31-Dec-43 in B-17 42-39823 'Iron Ass'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME
Post War: Professor of Spanish Language and Literature and Chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese Department, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14084440
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801590
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37316172
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679428
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Ass
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Rochester, NY | 3 July 1922 | |
|
Enlisted |
Rochester, NY | 19 August 1942 | Rochester, New York |
|
Died |
Palm Springs, CA | 16 November 2005 | |
|
Buried |
Green Mountain Cemetery Boulder, Boulder County, CO | 19 November 2005 | Green Mountain Cemetery Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 31 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
|
Based |
Polebrook | 31 December 1943 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/671639841
https://www.fold3.com/record/12873445/william-j-grupp-social-security-d…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83596541/william-j-grupp-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/527570802/william-grupp-1922-veterans-affa…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139436994
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12406310/william-john-grupp
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1983 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database