44-6020 Underground Farmer
T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson
Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 8/5/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 28/5/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Allen Webb, Co-pilot: John Hayes, Navigator: Earl Grossnickle, Bombardier: George Gomez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lendon Grisham, Radio Operator: Ralph Murkin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Burt, Waist gunner: Adolph Gonzales (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jack Patrick (KIA-apparently on landing was beaten and shot by a mob, one sentenced to hanging and others jailed); flak KO’d #2, ditched Baltic Sea between Neustadt and Pelzerhaken, N of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7882. UNDERGROUND FARMER.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 6 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7882 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database