Grover Lee Scoggins
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6534
Awards: AM, PH.
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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 534th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11070166 / O-814558
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Betty L
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 24 June 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Fort Worth, Texas, USA | 1 January 1924 | Son of Cread Bates and Elizabeth Ann Scoggins |
Died |
Valleres-le-Hay, France | 24 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; KIA MACR 6534 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Ridgewell | 24 June 1944 | Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 25 Grave 42 | ||
Enlisted |
Dallas, TX | Dallas, Texas |
Revisions
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database