Grady Wayne Roper
Military
Object Number - UPL 61572 - Lt Col Grady W. Roper
Shot down in 9 October 1942 in B-17 41-9018 while serving as Navigator. Crashed near the Raismes forest, Northern France. Evaded thanks to Mrs Goitte, who lived 125, rue Gustave Delory in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux.
Awards: AM, EAME, WWII Victory
Post War: Veteran of air combat in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Retired from USAF at rank of Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Albany, Georgia, USA | 2 July 1919 | Born Albany, Georgia |
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Enlisted |
Fort Benning, Georgia | 2 October 1941 | Enlisted Fort Benning, Georgia |
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Other Commissioned |
Turner Field, Albany, Georgia | 1 June 1942 | Completed Navigator training, commissioned 2Lt. Turner Field, Albany, Georgia |
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Other Evaded |
Raismes, France | 9 October 1942 - 24 April 1943 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 24-April-1943. His evasion is documented on Escap & Evasion Report #27 which may be viewed at: http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-27.pdf |
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Other Discharged |
14 October 1946 | ||
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Other Discharged |
1 January 1966 | ||
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Died |
Shreveport, Louisiana | 15 June 1988 | Died Shreveport, Louisiana |
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Buried |
Forest Park Cemetery Shreveport, Louisiana | 18 June 1988 | Interred Forest Park Cemetery Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 17-Nov-2014. Added Evasion report link and dates; edited biography for crew position.
Lee Cunningham 23-Oct-2014. Missing AIr Crew Report (MACR) 15218; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Escape & Evasion Report #27
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
