Ambrose G Grant

Military

Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-17 #41-24565 'The Rambling Wreck', Prisoner of War (POW).

Earlier 10/14/43 on return from Schweinfurt mission, with B-17#42-5482 'Cat O'Nine Tails' running out of fuel landed at Bedfordshire. Crew returned.

Awards: POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Corporal Murray S. Pearl, of the 303rd Bomb Group, with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24565) nicknamed "Idaho Potato Peeler". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.’ [stamp], ‘Passed for Publication 28 Jan 1943. [stamp] and ‘245656.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Cpl. Murray S. Pearl, serving with the U.S.A.A.F in a bomber squadron, appreciates the heavy fur-lined jerkin issued to him, for, in private life, he was a fur manufacturer at 222 West 28th Stre

41-24565

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Ramblin Wreck / Idaho Potato Peeler
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron

42-5482

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cat ONine Tails

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 5 November 1943 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

Date28 Nov 2020 22:32:40
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to mission associations
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Added a connection to the 8th AF mission #121 for 5 Nov 1943.

Date18 Oct 2020 19:23:58
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to aircraft associations
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Added a connection to A/C #42-5482 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date18 Oct 2020 19:22:21
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

Date18 Oct 2020 17:53:39
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography and place associations
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Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Updated the location of the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

Date6 Jan 2020 19:00:55
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
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Added a "Summary biography" copied from another of his crew.

Date6 Jan 2020 18:54:44
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number and events
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Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:38
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

MACR 1157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database