Grover Lee Scoggins

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6534



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11070166 / O-814558
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Betty L
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 534th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA 1 January 1924 Son of Cread Bates and Elizabeth Ann Scoggins

Died

Valleres-le-Hay, France 24 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Tours 24-Jun-44 in B-17 42-102585 'The Betty L'; flak hit in radio room, crashed Valleres-le-Hay, 12 miles SW of Tours, France; KIA MACR 6534

Based

Killed in Action (KIA)

Ridgewell 24 June 1944 Assigned to 534BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Plot D Row 25 Grave 42

Enlisted

Dallas, TX Dallas, Texas

Revisions

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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 6534 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6534 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database