Grover G Conway
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
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
- 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: 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
- Date: 22 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
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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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56288727/grover-g-conway
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
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