Ernest D Grant

Military
media-33794.jpeg UPL 33794 Ernest Grant

Michael Young son of Wallace Young crewmember of 42-102515

Object Number - UPL 33794 - Ernest Grant

Collided with another aircraft 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42102515. Evaded with the help of French Civilians





Grant managed to evade capture, and was hidden by sympathetic French civilians. He was eventually repatriated to Allied forces in England. He left the AAF after the war, married, and raised 4 children. Ernie Grant died in 2007 at age 84.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

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Evaded

France 27 May 1944

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Michael Young

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5163 / MACR 5163; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 & 149 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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