Albert E Grajeda

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Ended Tour Duty (ETD). Re-assigned to 2nd Squadron, 13th Rescue Group, 5th Air Force. Lost on B-17G 44-83581 flight travelling between Morotai and Merauke, New Guinea died non battle (DNB) 1-Sep-45. MACR 16238



Award: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37805

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Carol Dawn
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA, USA 16 January 1943

Died

Banda Sea 1 September 1945 Lost on B-17G 44-83581 flight travelling between Morotai and Merauke, New Guinea died non battle (DNB) 1-Sep-45. MACR 16238

Born

Los Angeles County, CA, USA

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Taguig City, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines Tablets of the missing Manila American Cemetery

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/record/529952385-albert-e-grajeda
https://www.fold3.com/image/311039317?terms=Albert%20E%20Grajeda
https://www.fold3.com/page/91097946-albert-e-grajeda/facts
https://www.fold3.com/image/30087462
http://www.379thbga.org/Looking4%201380-1371.htm
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/44-83581.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56755621/albert-e-grajeda

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

379th Bomb Group Anthology, pg 122 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia