Lawrence W Grono
MilitaryShot down by FW190 on mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-24H #42-7547 'Sky Queen'. Prisoner of War (POW). Earlier 18 November 1943 1 wheel crash landing at Shipdham. Assigned mission was the airfield at Kjeller, Norway.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sky Queen
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron 67th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 January 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2251 / MACR 2251, 8th AF Losses, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey pp. 376-7 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database