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GRIFFITH, George Paul - Date of
birth
25 July 1918 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California -
Hometown
Sutter, Sutter County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-738839 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
532nd Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
22 June 1943 - Place of
death
Hoek, west of Terneuzen, the Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
George O. Griffith (father)
Flavilla (Patterson) Griffith (mother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30016 -
Data
Type: B-17 F
Nickname: Iron Gut Gert
Destination: Antwerp, Belgium
MACR: 134
More information
George P. Griffith attended the University of California.He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army in Fresno, California on 29 October 1941.
The airplane was shot down by fighters of II/J626.
Before this tragic event, he was shot down on the first mission during a raid on Antwerp, Belgium.
Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.nara.gov, www.fold3.com - Missing Aircrew Report 134
Photo source: John F. Sise, The Sacramento Bee - 8 July 1944