Robert Daniel Grant
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Robert D. Grant, 93rd Bomb Group
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 15198
Awards: AM (2OLC), EAME, PH.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13040527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19059721
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17005705 / O-727902
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39234251
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Champlain County, Illinois | 31 January 1917 | Son of George E and Florence E [Green] Grant |
Died Killed in action |
Bay of Biscay | 16 April 1943 | |
Buried |
Hillside Memorial Park Redlands, San Bernardino County, CA | Re-Interred Hillside Memorial Park Redlands, San Bernardino County, California | |
Based |
Hardwick | 16 April 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15198 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104, NARA