John Gross
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
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Guy Edward Greene
Military
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John W. Gross Crew 95th BG - 336th BS Standing Left to Right: Guy E. Greene (R/O), William H. Isbell (WG/TOG), Arthur M. Mendias (FE), Max Rammel (TG), Ed Morrison (BTG) Kneeling Left to Right: Daniel A. Jarworski (N), George E. Asprocolas, (B), John W. Gross (P)
Flew 35 missions, total of two hundred fifty three hours and thirty minutes in combat.
AM w/ 5 Oak Leaf Cluster
Service
Units served with
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95th Bomb Group
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August... -
336th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-106993
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 21/1/44; Kearney 22/1/44; Grenier 25/2/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-P/W] Horham 13/3/44; with J. M. Bastion; Co-pilot Frank Puckett Barbour; force landed France 22/6/44; with J.E. Hamilton force landed RAF Bentwaters, Sfk 6/10/44;121m... -
42-31867 'Go Getter'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 29/12/43; Kearney 12/1/44; with Wilmot Chamberlain force landed Morrison, FL 31/1/44; Memphis 19/4/44; Kansas City 20/4/44; Kearney 24/4/44; Presque Is 28/4/44; Grenier 30/4/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-P] Horham 2/5/44; battle damaged... -
42-31876 'Fireball' ' Fireball Red'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/12/43; Gt Falls 3/1/44; Cheyenne 5/1/44; Kearney 13/1/44; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-Q] Horham 17/2/44; aborted after take off for Dusseldorf 9/9/44 with Bill Lahl, Co-pilot: Theo Bennett, Navigator: Maurice Schwartz (wia),... -
42-31939 Spook Six
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 6/1/44; Kearney 15/1/44; Romulus 23/1/44; Grenier 25/1/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Horham 2/2/44; transferred 412BS [QW-J]; 98m, with S.D. Reed, force landed RAF Coltishakk, 8RTD, 1WIA; Returned to the USA 121 BU Bradley 21/6/44;... -
42-97844
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 14/3/44; Kearney 13/4/44; Dow Fd 29/4/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-R] Horham 20/4/44; with Glovik 7/10/44, Waist gunner: Chas Buda KIA; 97m, Missing in Action Frankfurt 9/3/45 with Bill Durant (Ouratt?), Co-pilot: Dwight King, Navigator... -
43-38281 KIMMIE KAR FOR 9
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 326BS/92BG [JW-A] Podington 10/8/44; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-Z] Horham 11/8/44; with F.W. Volz force landed Deblin, Poland 15/2/45; sal 1/3/45; 70m, Returned to the USA Bradley 21... -
43-38283
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 17/7/44; Kearney 25/7/44; Grenier 7/8/44; Assigned 334BS/95BG [BG-A] Horham 13/8/44; 336BS [ET-A]; with D.L. Pearson force landed Laon, Fr 30/12/44;42m, Missing in Action Ruhland 17/3/45 with Irwin Vermillion, Co-pilot: John... -
43-38469
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/8/44; Lincoln 17/8/44; Grenier 3/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-U] Horham 5/9/44; with T.C. Gibson force landed A-81 airfield on continent 20/5/45; 82m, Returned to the USA Bradley 24/6/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 26/6... -
43-38584
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 22/8/44; Lincoln 1/9/44; Grenier 18/9/44; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-H] Horham 25/9/44; with T.J. Tower force landed A-74 Cambrai/Niergneis, France 5/1/45; with C. Earley both with gs Ellingworth & Theo Hempen (wia) 25/2/45; landing...
Missions
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689
26 October 1944
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691
28 October 1944
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698
2 November 1944
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700
4 November 1944
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702
5 November 1944
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707
9 November 1944
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712
11 November 1944
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715
16 November 1944
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729
29 November 1944
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745
10 December 1944
Associated Place
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Horham
Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Chicago, Illinois | 14 August 1922 |
| Enlisted | Chicago, IL | February 1942 |
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11931 Yale Avenue |
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| 95th BG Combat Tour | Horham Airfield, UK | 26 October 1944 – 30 March 1945 |
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Completed a 35 combat mission tour |
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| Died | Grand Rapids, MI | 21 January 2012 |
| Buried | Augusta, MI | 25 January 2012 |
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Fort Custer National Cemetery |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 July 2020 23:27:18 | 466thHistorian | Changes to middlename, highest rank, events, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations |
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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2545&h=171793&t... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:11:44 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self |
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