Richard H Grant
Military
Corrected spelling of names from MACR 2913
Object Number - UPL 41642 - Standing, Ross, Burkett, Grant, not known, kneeling, Susino, Garrett, Guidry, Serafin, Mied, Benson. They were shot down, Sunday March 4th, 1944 over...
Attacked by ME109s and crashed NW Niort, FR after the crew baled out on a mission to Mont-de-Marsan, FR on 5 Mar 1944 in B-24J #42-100430. Prisoner of War (POW).
In emails with Richard Grants daughter, Tina, she tells this story from his diary. He was not a POW but after bailing out over France spent the remainder of the war in the French underground.
"He remembers the underground experience pretty well. In fact, about five years ago he and mom went to France and met with the children of the couple that harbored him. They got royal treatment and there was a story in the newspaper. The children vaguely remember Dad and Eddie Guidry"
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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
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Evaded |
Garrison, North Dakota, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 5 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2913 / MACR 2913, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
