John Richard Granat
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 57621 - 1st Lt John R Granat, 491BG
Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Tilburg in B-24 44-40210 during a supply drop in Operation Market Garden. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20706934 / O-799024
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ill Be Seeing You
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Udenhout / Biezenmortel
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Portland, Oregon, USA | 22 April 1916 | Son of Richard John and Ellen Margareta Granat. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Lewis, WA | 20 August 1941 | Fort Lewis, Washington |
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Died |
Tilburg, Netherlands | 18 September 1944 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Metfield | 18 September 1944 | Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot I Row 11 Grave 2 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10211 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
