42-102602 Ed A. Griffin (top row, second from left)
Delivered Cheyenne 18/3/44; Hunter 31/3/44; Dow Fd 18/4/44; Assigned 366BS/305BG Chelveston 1/5/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 24/78/44 with Horace Mockett`Wounded in Action`, Co-pilot: Rueben Thode, Navigator: George Hammer, Bombardier: Vic Prezioso, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Roger Joslyn`Wounded in Action`, Radio Operator: Walt Norem, Ball turret gunner: Ed Griffin, Waist gunner: Bill Palmer `died later`,Tail gunner: Ray Trowbridge (9 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Hagen, W of Bad Pyrmont, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 8206.
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Units served with
![Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395050.jpg?itok=yTXjBhMl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 366th Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395053.jpg?itok=VXM0wePr)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Places
![Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-458191.jpg?itok=LzuZ2zXF)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
Germany | 24 August 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8206 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database