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GWIN, Grady Howard - Date of
birth
16 May 1923 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Oak Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama -
Hometown
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14150385 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
326th Bombardment Squadron,
92nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
26 November 1943 - Place of
death
North Sea, off the coast of Langeoog, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Pete E. Gwin (father)
Bertie Gwin (mother)
George Gwin (brother)
James Gwin (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30608 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1386
More information
Grady H. Gwin was a farmer.He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 17 September 1942.
The existing reports are conflicting but show that anti-aircraft fire was heavy and that there were German fighters in the area, but no one saw the airplane go down. It is assumed that it crashed into the North Sea. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census
Photo source: FOHF, Nicky Gwin