James R Cyphers

Military
media-43086.jpeg UPL 43086 James Robert Cypers
Co-Pilot
Clarence A. Gridley Crew
388th BG - 562nd BS

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Object Number - UPL 43086 - James Robert Cypers Co-Pilot Clarence A. Gridley Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

People

Clarence Asbury Gridley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800876
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30212

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Quarterback
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "The Princess Pat" of the 388th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '388th BG.'

42-30829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Princess Pat
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

42-31194

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duchess of Dixie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group, and their mascot "Peggy", with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3295) nicknamed "Tech Supply". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: J I Flohr, H J Rodgers, P Lewis, S B Smith, W Sawyer, K Hill, E Pawlicki, J Ford, J Hallam, E Franklin, "Peggy".'

42-3295

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maid
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Franklin County, TN 29 February 1920

Enlisted

Chattanooga, TN 24 February 1941

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Kenttishall Airfield, UK 29 November 1943 - 11 January 1944 Appears to have been wounded or fallen in. He was detached to the 2nd General Hospital

Other

2nd General Hospital Patient

Headington, UK 23 January 1944 - 6 February 1944

Died

Port Gibson, MS 27 April 1988

Buried

Chattanooga National Cemetery, TN 30 April 1997 Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Plot LL, 704
Chattanooga, TN 35 Tunnel Blvd

Revisions

Date
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2238/44039_04_00009-02609?pid=2013…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2978079
http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-CYP01-…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

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