Clarence Asbury Gridley Jr
Military
Pilot
388th BG - 562nd BS
Shot Down 6 March 1944
Object Number - UPL 43085 - Clarence Asbury Gridley, Jr. Pilot 388th BG - 562nd BS Shot Down 6 March 1944
Shot down by ME109s and crashed W of Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31194 'Duchess of Dixie'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW; Air Medal & Purple Heart
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People
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
- Date: 16 December 1943
- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg.webp?itok=nKEJNh_9)
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Roanoke, VA | 16 January 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Atlanta, GA | 14 May 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Tychowo, Poland | 15 March 1944 | Dulag Luft XII Dates are approximate |
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Died |
Tallahassee, FL | 16 July 1994 | |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Schoeningsdorf, Germany | 6 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3034, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 3084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database