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GRODY, William Heiman - Date of
birth
22 August 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York -
Hometown
Onondaga County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-670730 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 July 1944 - Place of
death
Near Lathen, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph Grody (father)
Rose Grody (mother)
Cyril H. Grody (brother)
Robert J. Grody (brother)
Walter R. Grody (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-30150 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214
More information
Lt. William H. Grody graduated from the University of Chicago in 1940.The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open. The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.
The mission took place on 28 July 1943. The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day after they were reported missing in action.
This was his fourteenth mission.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Jewish Servicemen Card / 1920 Census
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Léon en Nicole Sproncken