George Gerald Grimes
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43 in B-24 Liberator 41-24282.
Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1653
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), PH.
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-798225
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 11 December 1943
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albia, Iowa, USA | 27 December 1915 | Son of Forrest Brumby and Minnie [Kline] Grimes. |
Died |
Near Emden estuary, Germany | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden mission 11-Dec-43 in B-24 41-24232 'Calaban' ; A/C hit by falling bombs, crashed near the Emden estuary. KIA. MACR 1653 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Shipdham | 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery | |
Buried |
Coal Glen Cemetery Lucas County, IN | Memorialised Coal Glen Cemetery Lucas County, Indiana |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1653 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database