Urbain H Granger
MilitaryRear: Cpl Roland Morin, S/Sgt Urbain H Granger, Cpl Charles F Foss, Cpl Homer E Hymbaugh, Cpl Edwin A Burkhardt, Cpl Robert T Trumpy.
Front: 2Lt Harry D Edmiston, 2Lt Ken B Smith, 2Lt Edward J Chojnowski, 2Lt Frank Hokr.
Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Ken Smith crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Mechanical issues forced A/C to drop out of formation, subsequently mauled by fighters, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10683
Awards: DFC, AM, BS, PH, POW, WWII Victory, AP, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15108203 / O-825700
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tenmenbak / Paulette
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 764th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Bourbonnais, IL | 12 February 1918 | Son of Hector J and Georgianna Mary [La Haie] Grange |
Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 30 March 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
Other Baled out POW |
Trencin, Czech | 17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-51324; Downed by fighters, A/C abandoned. POW MACR 10683 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
10 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Other Married |
5 October 1946 | Married to Imogene Hahn. | |
Died |
Kankakee, IL | 23 April 2002 | |
Buried |
Saint George Catholic Cemetery, Bourbonnais, IL | 27 April 2002 | Saint George Catholic Cemetery Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 764BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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