Nickolas Constantine Gritsonis

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43 in B-24 41-23832 'Maggie'; hit by flak in the target area, lost altitude and fell out of the formation, attacked by fighters. Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-404099
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Maggie
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 3 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 26 May 1919 Son of Constantine and Katherine [Chaconis] Gritsonis.

Enlisted

Chicago, IL 6 September 1941 Chicago, Illinois

Died

Vicinity of Alte Mellum Island 22 March 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven 22-Mar-43; Crashed into North Sea, vicinity of Alte Mellum Island. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 15585

Buried

Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Liege, Belgium Plot C Row 4 Grave 23

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Shipdham 22 March 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15585 / MACR 15585, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 p. 92 by Bishop & Hey, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties pp. 60-61 by Will Lundy National WWII Monument web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database