Walter W Griffith

Military
media-31425.jpeg UPL 31425 Lt Edward C Unger's crew of the 486th Bombardment Group In England.10th December 1944.

Rear L-R: Lt Dan Dennis, Lt Edward C Unger, Lt John Belay, Lt George Moller, Lt Reinhardt Zirbel.

Front L-R: S/Sgt Walter Griffith, T/Sgt Jack Boyce, Lt Dick "Jake" Jacobsen, Sgt John McBride.

Object Number - UPL 31425 - Lt Edward C Unger's crew of the 486th Bombardment Group In England.10th December 1944. Rear L-R: Lt Dan Dennis, Lt Edward C Unger, Lt John Belay,...

Member of Unger crew

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A diagrammatic layout of AAF Station 174 - the USAAF codename for Sudbury airfield - while the 486th Bomb Group were stationed at the airbase as of the 22 June 1944.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 3rd Scouting Force 486th Bomb Group 55th Fighter Group 834th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747340
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

The nose art of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3265) nicknamed "5 Grand" of the 96th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '5 Grand, USA.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: - 5 Grand - The Easter Egg
  • Unit: 1st Strategic Air Depot 388th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Sudbury airfield looking south west, the bomb dump is to the upper right of the airfield, 29 February 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC188. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Acton

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Anaheim, CA, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster

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