John A Griffith
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) at Libehna, Germany in B-17 'PARD' #4297956
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pard
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Glendale, New York, USA | 6 August 1924 | |
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Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 27 February 1943 | Some training at Langley, VA. |
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Killed in Action (KIA) |
Long Island, New York, USA | 27 February 1943 | |
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Died |
Libehna, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Temporally buried in Germany until after the war. |
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Buried |
Long Island, New York, USA | 29 November 1948 | John's remains returned to the USA, and reburied at Pinelawn Cemetery in Long Island, NY, (Plot J, Lot 14072). |
Revisions
ContributorRustysgirl
Changes
Sources
Mission Loading Lists, Personal Contact with Nephew (Don John Griffith), NARA, and Interment Records. In Bio, I added the country, and capitalized PARD (name of the Aircraft), as my photo of the aircraft shows it capitalized.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10148 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database