Gordon Richard Grant
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 65257 - 2nd Lt Gordon R Grant
On 13 January 1943 in B-17 41-24498 while serving as Bombardier the aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with B-17 41-24471 "Four of a Kind" 306BG/369BS just north of the target at Lille, France. He was killed in the collision. Killed in Action (KIA).
Awards: PH.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024209 / O-442297
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 13 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Epinal American Cemetery
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Corpus Christi, Texas | 3 April 1917 | BornCorpus Christi, Texas |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Marcq-en-Barœul, France | 13 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a mid-air collision with another B-17 just north of the intended target at Lille, France. Aircraft crashed at Marcq-en-Baroeul, France. |
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Buried |
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinoze, France | 1 January 1946 | Buried in the Epinal American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 47, Grave 18. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jan-2015. Added decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; 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; added crew position and SN per MACR 15634.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 63, MACR 15502
