George Edgar David Griffith
MilitaryAssigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 8-Jun-44 in B-24 42-109830 'Daisy Mae Skraggs. ' Baled out into sea of Les Isles Chaucey, drowned. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5482
Awards: AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032416 / O-685213
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Daisy Mae Skraggs
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 704th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Flixton
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oakland, CA | 22 February 1924 | Son of Robert E and Pauline Cecilia [Nilson] Griffith. |
Enlisted |
Sacramento, California | 27 February 1943 | Sacramento, California |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Off Les Isles Chausey | 8 June 1944 | Baled out into sea of Les Isles Chaucey, drowned. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5482 |
Based |
Bungay | 8 June 1944 | Assigned to 704BS, 446BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
East Lawn Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA | Re-Interred East Lawn Memorial Park Sacramento, Sacramento County, California |
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MACR 5482 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database