Walter Otto Grotz
Military
Object Number - UPL 54507 - T/Sgt Walter Otto Grotz, 455BG
Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 x combat missions. Failed to Return Misburg in B-24 42-50729 26-Nov-44; hit by fighters, baled out Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11216
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16137531 / O-823508
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Delano, Minnesota, USA | 10 February 1925 | Son of Robert and Frances [Malok] Grotz. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 26 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
14 May 2017 | ||
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Buried |
Calvary Cemetery Delano, Wright County, MN | 17 May 2017 | Calvary Cemetery Delano, Wright County, Minnesota |
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Based |
Tibenham | 26 November 1944 | Assigned to 703BS, 455BG, 8AF USAAF. |
