John Clayton Griscom

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media-35163.jpeg UPL 35163 Staff Sergeant John Griscom of Salem, New Jersey. He was assigned to the 561st Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group and the photo was taken on February 28, 1944.

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Object Number - UPL 35163 - Staff Sergeant John Griscom of Salem, New Jersey. He was assigned to the 561st Bomb Squadron 388th Bomb Group and the photo was taken on February...

Hit by flak after falling out of formation on the return flight from a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-38177 'Shack Rabbits' crashed N of Nordham, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38177

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbits
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

6 March 1944

Born

Salem, New Jersey

Buried

Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, New Jersey

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3091, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces

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