Grosvenor W Rice

Military

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Object Number - UPL 57131 - 1st Lt Grosvenor W Rice

Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889.

Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-28853) of the 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force explodes in mid-air over Blechammer as a result of a direct flak hit. 20 November 1944.

465th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

783rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clarence John Lokker

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Squadron Commander - Pilot

Aircraft

41-28853

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 465th Bomb Group 783rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Enlisted	Boston, MA, USA	22 December 1941
Died	Blechhammer, 92439 Bodenwöhr, Germany	20 November 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 12301.Failed to Return (FTR) from raid on Oil refinery in Blechhammer, Germany. When B-24 42-28853 lost a wing over the target he was unable to bail out. 20-Nov-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 9889.
	New Hampshire, USA
Based	Pantanella	20 November 1944	Assigned to 783BS, 465BG, 15AF USAAF.
Born	New Hampshire, USA
Buried			Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège