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Richard Elias Grandpre

Military

media-18793.jpeg UPL 18793 2nd Lt. Richard Elias Grandpre

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Object Number - UPL 18793 - 2nd Lt. Richard Elias Grandpre

Shot down 22 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30076. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

545th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Harold Joseph Cooke

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34430596
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Ernest Milton Trickett

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35405056
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Two men in Air Force uniform standing at attention at the top of steps in from of a white wooden building

Douglas Haig Turner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-735218
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

George William Waterman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12136487
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-30076

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

VIII Bomber Command 65

Date: 22 June 1943

Places

Aerial photograph of Grafton Underwood airfield looking north east, Geddington village is on the left, 22 April 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC309. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Grafton Underwood

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grafton Undermud

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Turton, SD 57477, USA	27 December 1918
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Żagań, Poland (Stalag Luft III)	22 June 1943	POW Camp: Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
Died	Aberdeen, SD 57401, USA	29 May 2006
Enlisted

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Date1 Apr 2020 18:56:04

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date2 Nov 2015 03:46:25

Contributorbombercommand

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=4724

Date2 Nov 2015 02:56:27

ContributorSteve Grand Pre

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srgp

Date2 Nov 2015 02:14:18

ContributorSteve Grand Pre

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added by son, srgp

Date2 Nov 2015 02:12:06

ContributorSteve Grand Pre

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added by son, srgp

Date2 Nov 2015 02:10:54

ContributorSteve Grand Pre

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Added by son, Steven Richard Grand Pre, Chicago, IL 60613

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:30

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2165 / MACR 2165, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Richard Elias Grandpre: Gallery (3 items)

The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Object number: FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th...

Object number: UPL 18793 - 2nd Lt. Richard Elias Grandpre

Two men in Air Force uniform standing at attention at the top of steps in from of a white wooden building

Object number: UPL 19766 - Left: 2nd Lt Douglas H. Turner (bombardier), KIA...