William G Grocke
Military
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UPL 15141
Rougham Control Tower Museum
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According to MACR 2998, Grocke was a Ball Turret Gunner on 42-38169. There was a fire in the radio compartment of the aircraft, reason unknown. The Pilot peeled out of formation, the aircraft went into a spin, and crashed. 5 KIA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nobody's Fool
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
France | 4 March 1944 | |
Born |
Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Find A Grave Memorial# 56645142
Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques
MACR 2998, accessed at Fold3
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Changes
Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia