Grover G Conway

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-47027.jpeg UPL 47027 T/Sgt Grover G Conway 735BS, 453BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 47027 - T/Sgt Grover G Conway 735BS, 453BG

Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Hamm in B-24 42-64490 'Cee Gee II' 22-Apr-44; intercepted by enemy aircraft over Channel, hit in port engine and wing (with wing fuel tank afire), with hydraulics and comm's out pilot and co-pilot stayed with A/C to allow crew to bale out. A/C crashed in marshland near Southwold, England. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 4781



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-686583
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Cee gee ii
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 735th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 10 January 1941 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

Southwold, UK 22 April 1944 Baled out of nose hatch just short of the coast, body never recovered. Killed in Action (KIA)
Nitro, WV, USA

Based

Old Buckenham 22 April 1944 Assigned to 735BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK.

Born

West Virginia

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4781 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288727/grover-g-conway

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ContributorAllenA
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From Allen Hesson

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ContributorAllenA
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From Allen Hesson

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ContributorAllenA
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Glendon's nickname.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Liberator Men of Old Buc; In Search of Peace, pg 126-130

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