Francis M Grove
Military
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
Object Number - UPL 14049 - Captain Francis M. Grove.
Assigned to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Commanding Officer 336FS 22-Sep-45 to 10-Nov-45.
Awards: DFC, AM (6OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Ann III Lois
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 July 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hanover, PA 17331, USA | 8 June 1921 | |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 May 1944 - 10 November 1945 | Assigned to 336th Fighter Squadron. |
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Other Asst Director OTU |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 23 January 1945 | Designated Assistant Director OTU (AD). |
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Other Director OTU |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 5 March 1945 | Designated Director OTU (AD). |
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Other Sqn Asst Op's Officer |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 24 March 1945 | Designated Squadron Assistant Operations Officer (PD). |
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Other Promoted |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 16 July 1945 | Promoted to Captain. |
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Other Sqn Engineering Officer |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 7 September 1945 | Designated Squadron Engineering Officer. |
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Other Sqn C/O |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 22 September 1945 | Appointed Squadron Commanding Officer |
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Died |
Montgomery, AL, USA | 31 January 2004 | |
| Hanover, PA 18017, USA |
Revisions
I am FMGrove's son and besides personal knowledge, I have Dad's retirement papers.
'1000 Destroyed' by Capt. Grover C. Hall, Jr. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
