44-6020 Underground Farmer

media-25745.jpeg UPL 25745 The actual 44-6020 aircraft, Underground Farmer

T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson

Object Number - UPL 25745 - The actual 44-6020 aircraft, Underground Farmer

Delivered Tulsa 6/4/44; Hunter 17/4/44; Dow Fd 8/5/44; Assigned 532BS/381BG [VE-A] Ridgewell 28/5/44; Missing in Action Brandenburg 6/8/44 with Allen Webb, Co-pilot: John Hayes, Navigator: Earl Grossnickle, Bombardier: George Gomez, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Lendon Grisham, Radio Operator: Ralph Murkin, Ball turret gunner: Bill Burt, Waist gunner: Adolph Gonzales (8 Prisoner of War);Tail gunner: Jack Patrick (KIA-apparently on landing was beaten and shot by a mob, one sentenced to hanging and others jailed); flak KO’d #2, ditched Baltic Sea between Neustadt and Pelzerhaken, N of Lubeck, Ger; Missing Air Crew Report 7882. UNDERGROUND FARMER.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William C Burt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl S Crossnickle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

George Gomez

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Adolph M Gonzales

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Lendon L Grisham

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 6 August 1944

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Matched key image to entry.

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T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson

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T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson

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T/Sgt Lendon Grisham's grandson

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 7882 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 25745 - The actual 44-6020 aircraft, Underground Farmer