James Harold Grimmett

Military

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31211, RENO'S RAIDER. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Kenneth Nelson Hougard

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19170044
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Military Occupation Specialty 612 Airplane Armorer/Gunner

Randolph George Edward Jacobs

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2044844
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Vernon Herman Kaufman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

William L Kouski

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16098421
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flexible Gunner

William Frederick Laubenstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32040920
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 12 February 1919

Enlisted

Peoria, IL, USA 6 May 1941 Residence: Sangamon County, Illinois Private, Air Corps

Other

Assigned

Grafton Underwood, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN14, UK 5 November 1943 - 8 May 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 544th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #136 dated 5 November 1943, Earl Thomas Allison Crew. 22 combat missions.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 May 1944 Group lead. Was hit by continuously tracking flak about 40 seconds before bomb release; aircraft received direct burst beneath the pilot's compartment; started in to a steep spiral; crashed about 7 miles SW of Valognes, France. MACR 4560. POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database.

Died

Florida, USA 16 October 1997 Burial: Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Sumter County Florida, USA Plot: 113, 0, 183

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http://www.384thbombgroup.com/

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4560 / MACR 4560, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database