Charles James Grannis
Military
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UPL 43539
S/Sgt Charles J Grannis 832nd BS, 486th BG, 8th AF.
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down 10-Apr-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13910
Awards: DFC, AM (4OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-025823
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Acton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gary, IN | 18 November 1911 | |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1 July 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Brandenburg, Germany | 10 April 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brandenburg in B-17 43-37820; shot down 10-Apr-45 POW MACR 13910 |
Died |
28 May 1961 | ||
Buried |
Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, VA | 30 May 1961 | Hampton National Cemetery Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia |
Based |
Sudbury | 10 April 1945 | Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Turtle Creek, PA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13910 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database