Charles R Grice
Military10-Jul-1942 Assigned as Navigator of B-17F #41-24619 [GN-S] "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. It appears from available records that he and his crew were re-assigned to B-17F #42-2966 at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine on or about 5-Oct-42. He, his crew and B-17F #42-2966 arrived at Molesworth, UK on 28-Oct-42.
B-17F #41-24619 arrived at Molesworth, UK piloted by MAJ Charles C. Sheridan, CO 427BS on 25-Oct-42.
On 23-Jan-1943 in B-17F #41-24584 "Susfu" while serving as Navigator the aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters and crashed at Abbey Pleyben near Edern, France. He managed to parachute safely from the stricken aircraft and was captured as a Prisoner of War.
Participated in 7 Operations (4 were Aborted) See Biography events.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Memphis Tot
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Susfu
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bad Check
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: No 11 Combat Crew Replacement Center No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 January 1943
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 22 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as Pilot with crew of B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
Other Change in Aircraft Assignment |
Bangor, ME, USA | 5 October 1942 | Re-assigned, with crew, to B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. |
Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 28 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Navigator of B-17F 42966, 303BG/427BS. |
Other Mission #1, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #3, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 41-24569, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24569 "Memphis Tot", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #4, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St, Nazaire, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #6, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 41-24587, 303BG/427BS |
Rouen, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24587 "Bad Check", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #5, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 23 January 1943 - 7 June 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 7-Jun-45. |
Other Mission #7, 2LT Charles R. Grice, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS - POW |
Lorient, France | 23 January 1943 | Served as Navigator of B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft, but he managed to bale out of the stricken aircraft and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). |
Revisions
Added several "#" to all the A/C serial numbers in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-43: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Made connections to all aircraft and mission participations per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, HIstorian: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Change in Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added biography information from 10-Jul-42 through 25-Oct-42 to Summary Biography per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html; made connections to Aircraft and Missions per 303BG website Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 22-Jan-2014. Added SN per MACR 15571; Added decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jan-2015. Corrected Squadron association, deleted erroneous aircraft association. Airman was NOT a POW.
MACR 15571 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database